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ptargrep — Find `regex` patterns in `.tar` archive files. More information: <https://manned.org/ptargrep>.

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Problem

How to use the ptargrep command: Find regex patterns in .tar archive files. More information: <https://manned.org/ptargrep>.

Solution

ptargrep — Find regex patterns in .tar archive files. More information: <https://manned.org/ptargrep>.

Search for a pattern within one or more .tar archives:
ptargrep "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}


Extract to the current directory using the basename of the file from the archive:
ptargrep {{[-b|--basename]}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}


Search for a case-insensitive pattern matching within a .tar archive:
ptargrep {{[-i|--ignore-case]}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Search for a pattern within one or more `.tar` archives

ptargrep "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

Extract to the current directory using the basename of the file from the archive

ptargrep {{[-b|--basename]}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}

Search for a case-insensitive pattern matching within a `.tar` archive

ptargrep {{[-i|--ignore-case]}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/ptargrep

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