# Changing Textmate

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/changing-textmate/155807>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [December 17, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/changing-textmate/155807 "2008-12-17T03:15:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@captaffy](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/captaffy)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 3:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/changing-textmate/155807/1 "2008-12-17T03:15:25Z")

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Hi everyone,

This search pattern looks for “=” sign on a document, how do I change it  
to look for the “” character?

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

relevant\_line\_pattern = /^[^=]+=/  
column\_search\_pattern = /[\t]\*=/

John