pt

Platinum Searcher. A code search tool similar to ag. More information: <https://github.com/monochromegane/the_platinum_searcher>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/pt.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install tcllib
Ubuntu
apt-get install tcllib
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install tcllib
Fedora
dnf install tcllib
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install tcllib
Raspbian
apt-get install tcllib
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/pt

Platinum Searcher. A code search tool similar to ag. More information: <https://github.com/monochromegane/the_platinum_searcher>.

  • Find files containing "foo" and print the files with highlighted matches:
    pt foo
  • Find files containing "foo" and display count of matches in each file:
    pt -c foo
  • Find files containing "foo" as a whole word and ignore its case:
    pt -wi foo
  • Find "foo" in files with a given extension using a regular expression:
    pt -G='\.bar$' foo
  • Find files whose contents match the regular expression, up to 2 directories deep:
    pt --depth=2 -e '^ba[rz]*$'

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