acheronfail / repgrep

An interactive replacer for ripgrep that makes it easy to find and replace across files on the command line.
Apache License 2.0
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Either support or don't support compressed files #8

Closed acheronfail closed 4 years ago

acheronfail commented 4 years ago

https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/FAQ.md#how-do-i-search-compressed-files

acheronfail commented 4 years ago

The CLI interface has been updated to a whitelist recently, thus it's no longer unclear if this is supported or not.

Initial research shows that modifying compressed files would be difficult and slow, anyway.