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Bob Newell <bobnewell@bobnewell.net> writes:

>>> mark them with tags, and do org-tags-view.  Or, you can use regex or other
>>> criteria if you like.
>>>
>>
>> That was my first thought too: I didn't think any extra functionality is needed.
>
> I looked into this earlier but agenda bulk marking doesn't seem to work
> in an arbitrary org-mode buffer; it must be an agenda buffer, and you
> can only mark certain entries.
>
> The tag idea may be the best way. Thanks to all for the replies.

Yes, sorry: I was talking about tags, not about agenda bulk-marking. Although you
can add an arbitrary org file to the agend with `C-c [', do what you need to do,
and then remove it with `C-c ]'.
-- 
Nick