grep for a tar File - UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users

steiner · #1 07-19-2004

Hello,

I made a tar with a lot of file, and i deleted all the Files.
So to win tile I want to make a grep of this tar file to search any text .

Is there a Unix command available for this ?

I tried : grep xyz file.tar but there is nothing .

Thanks for your help....

zazzybob · #2 07-19-2004

How about

Code:

tar tvf file.tar | grep "whatever"

This is if you're looking for file names (which I assume you are).

Cheers
ZB

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