Nick Dokos <nicholas.do...@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. Regards, Olaf 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.
