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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}}