Find, multi-file not working

[Frieda Reichsman]

Hi,

I am a long-time user of BBEdit (but at a low level) and am suddenly
having a problem with Find.

Currently BBEdit is telling me it finds nothing when I search in
folders. I am using terms that I know are present in files in the
folders. I've done this a thousand times successfully in the past so I
do not understand why the searches are suddenly coming up empty. This
persists through restarting my machine (MacBook Pro, OS 10.5.2, BBEdit
8.7.2).

Should I uninstall and reinstall BBEdit? (If so, how do you uninstall?)

Thanks,
Frieda


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Frieda Reichsman, PhD
Molecules in Motion
Interactive Molecular Structures
http://www.moleculesinmotion.com
413-253-2405

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[Errol Sayre]

Check the Multi-File Search options are set to include nested folders
and the appropriate file types. On the find dialog, this is the bottom
right button labeled "Options..."

Also make sure that your grep settings are appropriate for your files.
You can test by opening a file that should match it and performing the
search on that one file to make sure the search is working properly
before searching multiple files.

Post by Frieda Reichsman
Hi,
I am a long-time user of BBEdit (but at a low level) and am
suddenly having a problem with Find.
Currently BBEdit is telling me it finds nothing when I search in
folders. I am using terms that I know are present in files in the
folders. I've done this a thousand times successfully in the past so
I do not understand why the searches are suddenly coming up empty.
This persists through restarting my machine (MacBook Pro, OS 10.5.2,
BBEdit 8.7.2).
Should I uninstall and reinstall BBEdit? (If so, how do you
uninstall?)
Thanks,
Frieda
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Frieda Reichsman, PhD
Molecules in Motion
Interactive Molecular Structures
http://www.moleculesinmotion.com
413-253-2405
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[Frieda Reichsman]

Errol,

The "search nested folders" box was unchecked in Options. That's the
problem. Thanks!

Frieda

Post by Errol Sayre
Check the Multi-File Search options are set to include nested
folders and the appropriate file types. On the find dialog, this is
the bottom right button labeled "Options..."
Also make sure that your grep settings are appropriate for your
files. You can test by opening a file that should match it and
performing the search on that one file to make sure the search is
working properly before searching multiple files.

Post by Frieda Reichsman
Hi,
I am a long-time user of BBEdit (but at a low level) and am
suddenly having a problem with Find.
Currently BBEdit is telling me it finds nothing when I search in
folders. I am using terms that I know are present in files in the
folders. I've done this a thousand times successfully in the past
so I do not understand why the searches are suddenly coming up
empty. This persists through restarting my machine (MacBook Pro, OS
10.5.2, BBEdit 8.7.2).
Should I uninstall and reinstall BBEdit? (If so, how do you
uninstall?)
Thanks,
Frieda
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Frieda Reichsman, PhD
Molecules in Motion
Interactive Molecular Structures
http://www.moleculesinmotion.com
413-253-2405
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Post by Frieda Reichsman
I am a long-time user of BBEdit (but at a low level) and am
suddenly having a problem with Find.
Currently BBEdit is telling me it finds nothing when I search in
folders.

I had this happen to me last week. I had to go in and manually
'reset' the criteria for multi file search ("Options" button) to be
REALLY blank. No idea why, I just did.
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"I used to hate the sun, because it'd shone on everything I'd done.
Made me
feel that all that I had done was overfill the ashtray of m life."

[Sophie]

Hi,

Have you checked that at some point you didn’t use the 'exclude matches'
option in the Options of the search panel and left it active?
Forgetting that checked option has caused me the kind of trouble you
describe once or twice...

Regards,

Sophie

Post by Frieda Reichsman
Hi,
I am a long-time user of BBEdit (but at a low level) and am suddenly
having a problem with Find.
Currently BBEdit is telling me it finds nothing when I search in
folders. I am using terms that I know are present in files in the
folders. I've done this a thousand times successfully in the past so I
do not understand why the searches are suddenly coming up empty. This
persists through restarting my machine (MacBook Pro, OS 10.5.2, BBEdit
8.7.2).
Should I uninstall and reinstall BBEdit? (If so, how do you uninstall?)
Thanks,
Frieda
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Frieda Reichsman, PhD
Molecules in Motion
Interactive Molecular Structures
http://www.moleculesinmotion.com
413-253-2405
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