Filter for 'show only lines containing <string> ?

users
#1

(Using LO 4.3.6.1 Writer in Linux Mageia-4)

Have looked for - but not found - a filter mechanism that would display
only those lines of a document that contain a specified character
string.

Anyone know of such a facility in Writer?

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
Sorry you have not had a reply!

Would this be easier on the command-line? ie something scriptable? As you
probably know ODF files, such as .Odt or .Ods, are zipped containers
containing Xml files. Apparently the Xml files, such as "Contents.xml" can
be parsed by command-line tools such as "grep". I have no idea how to do
this though! :frowning:

There was a turgid thread several months ago, maybe a year ago, but i don't
think we got to a neat and suitable answer for the person asking (i think
they were using Windows and needed a gui).

There might be an Extension/add-on/plug-in for something like this.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

Yes, indeed, and I can select lines from there, but the file is just
one long character string and for regular used I really need to see
formatted lines.

Thank you, Tom - will check for add-on etc as suggested.

Regards,

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
We call them "Extensions" rather than add-ons or plug-ins but i use the
other two terms because non-LibreOffice/OpenOffice users are probably more
familiar with those other 2 terms.

Many of the OpenOffice ones might well work well in LibreOffice but if they
don't there are options such as installing OpenOffice alongside LibreOffice
(not completely trivial) or/and writing to the devs of the Extension and
letting them know you want to use it in LibreOffice.
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: