ODFSEARCH(1p)

🌸 NAME 🌸

odfsearch — text selection and copy from one document to another using callback 💖

Like, okay, bestie, listen. This one's a lil script that goes shopping through one doc, grabs the bits you asked for, and drops them into a whole other doc. Using a callback. Iconic behavior, honestly.

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✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

So here's the whole vibe: this sample script extracts the content of every text element — and by every text element I mean literally every one, the paragraph, the header, and the list item — inside a source document that matches a given pattern. And that pattern can be a plain old string or a full regex, whatever your heart desires. 🦋

Then, once it's got those matches? It appends them as a new paragraph to a target document. That's the whole trick. No cap. 🎀

🚨 Bestie. Real talk. The target document must exist. Like, it has to actually be there. No ghost files, no vibes-only documents. 🫶

Also the target document must exist — and yes I'm repeating myself on purpose because it matters — and the good news is it can be an empty document or a template, so you have options, queen. ✨

And here's how you actually call it, character for character, don't @ me:

usage : odfsearch target_file source_file "search_string"

That's target_file first, then source_file, then your "search_string" in quotes. Order matters, slay accordingly. 💅

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Okay that's the whole page!! Go forth and copy text between docs like the main character you are 👑 🦋🌸💜

This lil writeup is from the perl v5.34.0 era, dated 2022-06-16, and it's part of the ODFSEARCH(1p) manual, filed under User Contributed Perl Documentation. Byeee! 💖✨🎀