ptargrep
Find regular expression patterns in one or more tar archive files. More information: https://manned.org/ptargrep.
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Search for a pattern within a tar file:
ptargrep "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}
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Search for a pattern within multiple files:
ptargrep "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file3}}
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Extract to the current directory using the basename of the file from the archive:
ptargrep --basename "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}
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Search for a case-insensitive pattern matching within a tar file:
ptargrep --ignore-case "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}
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