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tags: [tldr, common]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# ptargrep
> Find regular expression 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 --basename "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}`
- Search for a case-insensitive pattern matching within a tar archive:
`ptargrep --ignore-case "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}`