From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To: Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.orgmode@olafdietsche.de>
Cc: Markus Heller <hellerm2@gmail.com>,
nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: : Search for missing :END:
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:37:12 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <22762.1321972632@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.orgmode@olafdietsche.de> of "Tue, 22 Nov 2011 09:46:33 +0100." <87d3ckczo6.fsf@rat.lan>
Olaf Dietsche <olaf+list.orgmode@olafdietsche.de> wrote:
> Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com> writes:
>
> [snip]
> > But assuming that you are getting some error from org, you don't know
> > where the problem is and you are trying to find it, it will be simpler
> > to just use egrep:
> >
> > grep -E -n ':PROPERTIES:|:END:' foo.org
> >
> > will filter out the relevant lines, so all you have to do is scan the
> > output by eye and spot any irregularity (consecutive :PROPERTIES: or
> > consecutive :END: lines). Even if you have hundreds of them, that's
> > *easy* for humans to do.[fn:2]
> >
> > Or, if you prefer, you can write trivial validation programs to operate
> > on the output, e.g.:
> >
> > grep -E -n ':PROPERTIES:|:END:' foo.org | tee foo.out | grep PROP | wc -l
> > grep END foo.out | wc -l
> >
> > (the counts 'd better be the same).
>
> Since you might have other drawers as well (LOGBOOK, CLOCK), the counts
> need not be the same.
>
Indeed - you might have user-defined drawers as well and they all contribute the
:END: part, so the begin part will have to be fleshed out accordingly. But the
generalization is easy and eyeballing the output is pretty effective: if you
miss some drawer types, the repeating :END: stands out like a sore thumb.
>
> NB: At least GNU grep knows how to search for multiple regexps:
> $ grep -e :PROPERTIES: -e :END: foo.org
> So, no need for egrep here.
>
Ok - thanks.
Nick
prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-11-22 14:37 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-11-21 18:48 [OT]: Search for missing :END: Markus Heller
2011-11-21 21:38 ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-21 23:27 ` Markus Heller
2011-11-21 23:51 ` Andrew Stribblehill
2011-11-21 23:54 ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-21 23:59 ` Jonathan Leech-Pepin
2011-11-22 0:14 ` Markus Heller
2011-11-21 23:58 ` Nick Dokos
2011-11-22 8:46 ` : " Olaf Dietsche
2011-11-22 14:37 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
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