~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit

In this case,

~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Setup/Grep Patterns.xml

It's actually a property list file. If you're using the whizzy Dropbox support, the answer to nearly everything is in

~/Dropbox/Application Support/BBEdit

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On May 27, 2012, at 20:33, JT wrote:

Hey JT,

Having a fresh backup of BBEdit's app-support folder and its prefs is desirable of course, but if you want a nice readable export give this Applescript a try.

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set patternFile to "~/Library/Application Support/BBEdit/Setup/Grep Patterns.xml"
set patternFile to do shell script "echo " & patternFile
tell application "System Events"
        tell property list file patternFile's property list item "SavedGrepPatterns"
                set SavedGrepPatterns to value of property list items
        end tell
end tell
set patternList to {}
repeat with i in SavedGrepPatterns
        tell (contents of i)
                set end of patternList to "         Title:  " & its Title
                set end of patternList to " SearchPattern:  " & its SearchPattern
                set end of patternList to "ReplacePattern:  " & its ReplacePattern
                set end of patternList to ""
        end tell
end repeat
set AppleScript's text item delimiters to return
set patternList to patternList as text
tell application "BBEdit"
        activate
        make new document with properties {text:patternList}
end tell
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Best Regards,
Chris