---
name: "srt-lines-matching"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "python3-srt"
version: "3.5.3-1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/srt-lines-matching"
---

# srt-lines-matching(1)

SRT subtitle processing tool

## NAME

srt-lines-matching - SRT subtitle processing tool

## DESCRIPTION

usage: srt lines-matching \[-h\] \[--input FILE\] \[--output FILE\] \[--inplace\]

- \[--no-strict\] \[--debug\] \[--ignore-parsing-errors\]

  \[--encoding ENCODING\] **-f** FUNC \[-m MODULE\] \[-s\] \[-v\]

Filter subtitles that match or don't match a particular pattern.

### options:

- **-h**, **--help**

  show this help message and exit

- **--input** FILE, **-i** FILE

  the file to process (default: stdin)

- **--output** FILE, **-o** FILE

  the file to write to (default: stdout)

- **--inplace**, **-p**

  modify file in place

- **--no-strict**

  allow blank lines in output, your media player may explode

- **--debug**

  enable debug logging

- **--ignore-parsing-errors**, **-c**

  try to keep going, even if there are parsing errors

- **--encoding** ENCODING, **-e** ENCODING

  the encoding to read/write files in (default: utf8)

- **-f** FUNC, **--func** FUNC

  a function to use to match lines

- **-m** MODULE, **--module** MODULE

  modules to import in the function context

- **-s**, **--per-subtitle**

  match the content of each subtitle, not each line

- **-v**, **--invert**

  invert matching **--** only match lines returning False

### examples:

-

  Only include Chinese lines

-

  `$ srt lines-matching -m hanzidentifier -f hanzidentifier.has_chinese`

-

  Exclude all lines which only contain numbers

-

  `$ srt lines-matching -v -f 'lambda x: x.isdigit()'`