[TxMt] Re: Inserting a special char at beginning and end of multiple lines?

[Brandon M Fryslie]

>
> I have 20,000+ lines that I need to select-all and then be able to
> insert a special character like ^ not normally found within the
> document, at the beginning of every line, to allow me to then use Find
> and Replace to insert a common string at the beginning of each line.
> After doing this, I also need to be able to do the same thing at the
> END of each line of text and run find and replace with a different
> string on all 20,000 lines.
> What is the most efficient way of doing this?


I think using sed might be more efficient since TextMate's handling of
large files can be a little unreliable sometimes.  Press option+command+r
to bring up the Filter Through Command dialog and put this in the Command
input box:

sed -e "s/^/\^/" -e "s/$/\^/"

That is, substitute a literal ^ (\^) for a beginning-of-line (^), and do
the same for end-of-line ($).

That might be faster than the Find and Replace dialog on a big file.  You
can also store it as a command if you end up doing it a lot.

I hope that helps,
Brandon
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