Command-line tool

the_platinum_searcher

brew/the_platinum_searcher

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

Multi-platform code-search similar to ack and ag

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install pt

macOS

brew install the_platinum_searcher

Linux

brew install the_platinum_searcher

Find files containing a pattern and print the files with highlighted matches

pt pattern

Find files containing a pattern and display count of matches in each file

pt -c pattern

Find files containing a pattern as a whole word and ignore its case

pt -wi pattern

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