/usr/bin/ptargrep

NAME
    ptargrep - Apply pattern matching to the contents of files in a tar
    archive

SYNOPSIS
      ptargrep [options] <pattern> <tar file> ...

      Options:

       --basename|-b     ignore directory paths from archive
       --ignore-case|-i  do case-insensitive pattern matching
       --list-only|-l    list matching filenames rather than extracting matches
       --verbose|-v      write debugging message to STDERR
       --help|-?         detailed help message

DESCRIPTION
    This utility allows you to apply pattern matching to the contents of
    files contained in a tar archive. You might use this to identify all
    files in an archive which contain lines matching the specified pattern
    and either print out the pathnames or extract the files.

    The pattern will be used as a Perl regular expression (as opposed to a
    simple grep regex).

    Multiple tar archive filenames can be specified - they will each be
    processed in turn.

OPTIONS
    --basename (alias -b)
        When matching files are extracted, ignore the directory path from
        the archive and write to the current directory using the basename of
        the file from the archive. Beware: if two matching files in the
        archive have the same basename, the second file extracted will
        overwrite the first.

    --ignore-case (alias -i)
        Make pattern matching case-insensitive.

    --list-only (alias -l)
        Print the pathname of each matching file from the archive to STDOUT.
        Without this option, the default behaviour is to extract each
        matching file.

    --verbose (alias -v)
        Log debugging info to STDERR.

    --help (alias -?)
        Display this documentation.

COPYRIGHT
    Copyright 2010 Grant McLean <grantm@cpan.org>

    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
    under the same terms as Perl itself.