System Grab Bag

View all TLDR pages from common (or from all pages)

ptargrep

Find regular expression patterns in one or more tar archive files. More information: https://manned.org/ptargrep.
  • Search for a pattern within a tar file:
    ptargrep "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}
  • Search for a pattern within multiple files:
    ptargrep "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file3}}
  • 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 file:
    ptargrep --ignore-case "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}

License and Disclaimer

The content on this page is copyright © 2014—present the tldr-pages team and contributors.
This page is used with permission under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

While we do attempt to make sure content is accurate, there isn't a warranty of any kind.