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# 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}}`