Chris,

Without seeing the source file it is a bit tricky to help.

Do it in a couple of steps.
In BBedit search
Replace all > with a CR (backslash r)
Replace all  ^< with nothing using grep

Thanks,
Ted
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On Jan 26, 2011, at 8:41 AM, Doug Pinkerton wrote:

>>> On Jan 26, 2011, at 06:31, Doug Pinkerton wrote:
>>> I need to extract email addresses from a file. Fortunately, the email 
>>> addresses are in angle brackets <doe.j...@domain.com>. I have no problem 
>>> matching that pattern. But I need to match everything BUT that pattern and 
>>> replace with nothing, so that only the email addresses remain. How do I 
>>> perform a DOES NOT EQUAL search?
>>> 
> ***********************************************************
>> On Jan 26, 2011, at 6:56 AM , Christopher Stone wrote:
>> Hey Doug,
>> 
>> The easy way to do that is to use 'Process Lines Containing...' from the 
>> 'Text' menu.
>> 
>> Find: <[^@]+@[^@]+>
>> 
>> Choose 'Copy to new document' and you're set.
>> 
>> --
>> Best Regards,
>> Chris
> 
> ***********************************************************
> 
> Thanks, Chris. Unfortunately, the email addresses are not on lines by 
> themselves, so "Process lines containing..." copies all of the data on the 
> line. The result is simply a copy of the original document. Strictly 
> speaking, although I view it with soft wrap, it's all one line, since there 
> are no returns in this document. Any other suggestions?
> 
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