If ur link is named the same as the source doc, it may be easier just to search for the doc’s name.
“Perhaps” this script. It is modified from Experimental: Script to trace a backlink with a suggestion from Experimental: Script to trace a backlink. But you need to limit the search scope to a certain group (less than several hundreds of items) else it may take a few mins or more (!) to search through thousands of items. But the search will drill through all the sub-groups under the selected group. As @BLUEFROG said, it is inefficient.
Reminder: I do not recommend using the original script I post. It is more “dangerous” to use the original script IF you have not created an “empty” group for holding the results of the search. You may end up having many unwanted replicants mixing up with other items if you select the wrong destination group for holding the replicants of the search results.
-- Ngan 2019
use AppleScript version "2.4" -- Yosemite (10.10) or later
use scripting additions
tell application id "DNtp"
if selection is {} then
display dialog ("Select a document first") buttons {"Ok"}
return
else if (count of selection) ≥ 1 then
set theDoc to first item of (selection as list)
set theDocURL to reference URL of theDoc
end if
set theSearchFrom to display group selector "Search for back link in:" for current database
set theSelection to my getAllChildren(theSearchFrom) as list
set theResults to {}
repeat with theRecord in (theSelection)
set theSource to source of theRecord
if theSource contains theDocURL then
set the end of theResults to theRecord
end if
end repeat
set search results of viewer window 1 to theResults
end tell
on getAllChildren(theParent)
local theList
set theList to {}
tell application id "DNtp"
repeat with theChild in children of theParent
if type of theChild is not group then
set theList to theList & {theChild}
else
set theList to theList & my getAllChildren(theChild)
end if
end repeat
end tell
return theList
end getAllChildren