[OS X TeX] Texshop Find All

[Herbert Schulz]

On Feb 15, 2011, at 6:20 PM, Themis Matsoukas wrote:

> On Feb 15, 2011, at 5:26 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
> 
>> Not quite sure what you'd save. 
> 
> I would save the output of find all:
> <Screen shot 2011-02-15 at 6.14.10 PM.png>
> 
> In this case, I had a messy folder with zillions of files and wanted to pull out those figures that were actually used in a manuscript. However, when I go to the finder, the ogrekit window disappears from view (even though other texshop windows are visible), so I have to memorize the name of the file, go to the finder, locate it among files with similar names, and so on. 
> 
> I guess it is not doable...
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Themis
> 

Howdy,

There is undoubtedly a way to batch this using the proper shell command (and grep, etc.) and actually move those files automatically to a new directory. Let's see what some of our more *nixy users can come up with. :-)

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)