comby:tldr:04004

The command comby -match-only '${match_pattern}' "" is used to search for a specific pattern within a set of files, but it will not perform any actual replacements or modifications. Here is an explanation of each part of the command:

• comby: It is the name of the command-line tool that is being executed.
• -match-only: It is a flag or option provided to the comby tool. This flag instructs comby to only match the specified pattern but not perform any replacements.
• '${match_pattern}': The match pattern enclosed in single quotes is the pattern that comby will search for within the files. The ${match_pattern} is a placeholder for the actual pattern, and it could be a regular expression, literal string, or a combination of both.
• "": The double quotes serve as empty string placeholders. In this command, it represents the set of files or the targets that comby will search within. Since "" is empty, it implies that no specific files are specified, and comby will search within the current directory or the standard input if available.

In summary, the command comby -match-only '${match_pattern}' "" instructs comby to search for the specified pattern without replacing any content and perform the search in the current directory or standard input.