## Grep File

`$ llamacloud-prod beta:retrieval grep`

**post** `/api/v1/retrieval/files/grep`

Grep within a file's parsed content using a regex pattern.

### Parameters

- `--file-id: string`

  Body param: ID of the file to grep.

- `--index-id: string`

  Body param: ID of the index the file belongs to.

- `--pattern: string`

  Body param: Regex pattern to search for.

- `--organization-id: optional string`

  Query param

- `--project-id: optional string`

  Query param

- `--context-chars: optional number`

  Body param: Number of characters of context to include before and after the matched pattern in the content field of the response

- `--limit: optional number`

  Body param: Maximum number of matches to return.

### Returns

- `BetaRetrievalGrepResponse: object { matches }`

  Grep results for a file.

  - `matches: array of object { content, end_char, start_char }`

    Regex matches found in the file.

    - `content: string`

      Matched text content.

    - `end_char: number`

      End character offset of the match.

    - `start_char: number`

      Start character offset of the match.

### Example

```cli
llamacloud-prod beta:retrieval grep \
  --api-key 'My API Key' \
  --file-id file_id \
  --index-id idx-abc123 \
  --pattern 'revenue|profit'
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "matches": [
    {
      "content": "content",
      "end_char": 0,
      "start_char": 0
    }
  ]
}
```