Hi Apocalypse,
For fun, made a quick version of RegexColumnsReloaded for your files.
ApocalypseColumns.js.txt (10.8 KB)
Ever since seeing wowbagger's script I've been a convert to regex columns. This one that I made has some built-in features that you might like since, like me, you're probably not a fan of JS regex (just about the worst regex flavor in the world)
The column defs took two seconds (just dumped your regex):
'PID' : {
pattern: /\[(PID_\d*)]/,
group: 1
},
'numid' : {
pattern: /\[(\d*)\]/,
group: 1
},
The group property for the capture group is optional (defaults to 0) but there are a number of other properties (see the defining columns section of the tutorial.
For instance, returnTheFirstNonEmptyGroup helps overcome the lack of lookbehind in JS. There are a number of cool tricks possible.
You might have moved on to bigger and better things but I had nothing better to do.
If you have suggestions I'd love to hear from another regex lover.