Post reply

Text editor to copy n lines after occurence of search pattern

  • May 10, 2009 at 8:47 am

    #93559

    Does anyone know of a text editor to copy n lines after occurence of search pattern?

    I have a huge file with over a thousand deadlock graphs.

    I want to snag say the first threee lines after the occurence of the string "Wait for graph" . Is there a text editor out there that allows me do so?

  • May 10, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    #991819

    I'm no RegEx expert but it seems like something that most editor's RegEx search should be able to do.

    [font="Times New Roman"]-- RBarryYoung[/font], [font="Times New Roman"] (302)375-0451[/font] blog: MovingSQL.com, Twitter: @RBarryYoung[font="Arial Black"]
    Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc.     [/font]    [font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]

  • May 10, 2009 at 3:20 pm

    #991838

    raw text or RTF? editplus can do that easily to raw text,you just set a macro to search for a term to find the start, then make it select while searching for a end of line three times; you can make it rreleat the same action an unlimited number of timesw...it auto prompts you to continue every 10,000 repetitions of your macro.

    Lowell

    --help us help you! If you post a question, make sure you include a CREATE TABLE... statement and INSERT INTO... statement into that table to give the volunteers here representative data. with your description of the problem, we can provide a tested, verifiable solution to your question! asking the question the right way gets you a tested answer the fastest way possible!

  • May 10, 2009 at 3:57 pm

    #991844

    Thanks for your reply

    rbarryyoung - What I want to do is toi snag the first few lines of each deadlock graph to see if there's a common pattern among the 1000 or so deadlocks. Textpad etc. will allow me to sanp just the first line but not the subsequent ones

    Lowell - I shall try out your rreccomendation for Editplus

    I figured out that it would involve writing some sort of a macro - no matter what the text editor

  • May 10, 2009 at 4:07 pm

    #991847

    Rohit Nayak (5/10/2009)

    Thanks for your reply

    rbarryyoung - What I want to do is toi snag the first few lines of each deadlock graph to see if there's a common pattern among the 1000 or so deadlocks. Textpad etc. will allow me to sanp just the first line but not the subsequent ones

    Lowell - I shall try out your rreccomendation for Editplus

    I figured out that it would involve writing some sort of a macro - no matter what the text editor

    Their RegEx won't span lines? That's odd.

    [font="Times New Roman"]-- RBarryYoung[/font], [font="Times New Roman"] (302)375-0451[/font] blog: MovingSQL.com, Twitter: @RBarryYoung[font="Arial Black"]
    Proactive Performance Solutions, Inc.     [/font]    [font="Verdana"] "Performance is our middle name."[/font]

  • May 11, 2009 at 10:38 am

    #992309

    UltraEdit

    http://www.ultraedit.com/

    -MarkO

    "You do not really understand something until you can explain it to your grandmother" - Albert Einstein

Viewing 6 posts - 1 through 5 (of 5 total)

You must be logged in to reply to this topic. Login to reply