Hi, I don't mean to deflect from BBEdit but the use case you describe is often handles in the terminal via piped commands. Granted, it may not be quite as flexible as working in a text editor, but it seems to handle most use cases. Try this command on the file and see if it meets your needs:
tail -f path/to/log/file | grep "WARNING" This will print every line that matches the search term as they are added to the log file. Lines that don't contain the search term will not be printed. You can also do: tail -f path/to/log/file | grep "WARNING" | bbedit But I'm not sure if that will work as expected. I'm sure there is a lot of additional foo (magic) you can do to tweak this for your needs but that should get you started. Kind regards, Ted Stresen-Reuter On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 4:31 PM Steve deRosier <deros...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 13, 2019 at 5:53 AM Hephaestus <kevinas...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > 2) Live Search only shows one item. > > When I search for a term (say, "WARNING") in a large log production > file, I often have to scan through hundreds of hits. But live search only > shows one. > > Why can't I see all of them? If I'm scrolling through thousands of > lines, its not reasonable to have to click the arrow button to see all the > hits. Just show them! > > If you highlight a word (say, "WARNING") that will automatically be > highlighted everywhere in the file and you can just scroll down and it > will "Just show them!" Granted, I've never done this on a file that's > constantly updating, so I guess I don't know what it will do in your > use case. > > > -- > > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > > feature request or need technical support, please email > > "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. > > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> > > --- > > ^^^^^ As it says, email supp...@barebones.com. I've found them crazy > responsive about adding features and fixing bugs if you help them help > you. > > IMHO, live viewing of a file that's constantly being appended to is a > pretty specialized use-case. With BBEdit having to constantly reload > and reparse the file, I'm not shocked it doesn't handle your very > specific case perfectly how you want it. It's like you're asking the > Ponies to jump through hoops. There's also applications out there > that are specifically designed to work with log files, like the OSX > included Console.app. > > - Steve > > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or need technical support, please email > "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/CALLGbRL0WJB%2BXF9ciCbd_W5RvgPa8iubbR3OGTjfpTND7CB0qQ%40mail.gmail.com > . > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or need technical support, please email "supp...@barebones.com" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <https://twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to bbedit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/bbedit/CAKAQjicxoGOdECTg25QNfhaSPtJAvXozYaOOPSUQwvn6REuJdw%40mail.gmail.com.
