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Old 03-02-2011
check a file is exists in multiple tar file?
I have list of ‘tar' format files in a folder. I want to check a particular file is exists in the tar files. Currently I am using the below command to check the scenario.

Code:
tar -tvf first.tar | grep ‘myfile.txt'

The command able to searched a single ‘tar' file only. But I want to search multiple ‘tar' (*.tar) files. Could please suggest some command line utility to check the multiple tar file.
# 2  
Old 03-02-2011
Example for all tar archives in the current directory (not recursive)

Code:
for f in *.tar; do
    tar -tvf $f | grep 'myfile.txt'
done

Recursive:
Code:
find . -type f -name "*.tar"| xargs -I {} tar -tvf {} | grep 'myfile.txt'

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k_manimuthu
# 3  
Old 03-02-2011
Thanks @ Zaxxon. I able to get the expected result for your solution. And also i tried the below commands that gives the same result.
Code:
ls *.tar | awk '{print "tar -tvf "$1}'| sh | grep 'my_match'

Thanks
# 4  
Old 03-02-2011
Code:
find . -type f -name "*.tar" -exec tar tvf {} \; |grep "myfile.txt"

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k_manimuthu
# 5  
Old 03-02-2011
I have one more another request for the same thing. I am able to got what i expect. But i doesn't identify the matching file name having which tar file. Is there anyway to get the tar file name as well as the matching file name?Thanks.
# 6  
Old 03-02-2011
You may not need to bother with grep. I tested 3 versions of tar on three different platforms, and each returned a non-zero exit status when asked to list a non-existent member.

Perhaps the following is sufficient for your needs:
Code:
for t in *.tar; do
    if tar -tf "$t" "$f" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        echo "$t" contains "$f"
    fi
done

Recursively using find:
Code:
find . -type f -name '*.tar' -exec sh -c '
    f=$1
    t=$2
    if tar -tf "$t" "$f" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
        echo "$t" contains "$f"
    fi
' sh "$filename" {} \;

A much more efficient way, if your find supports -exec {} +:
Code:

find . -type f -name '*.tar' -exec sh -c '
    f=$1
    shift
    for t; do
        if tar -tf "$t" "$f" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            echo "$t" contains "$f"
        fi
    done
' sh "$filename" {} +

Regards,
Alister
# 7  
Old 03-03-2011
Hi Alister, I tried your suggested code 3. Here i modified the "$filename" to my regex only( 'plugin.*.so' - I want list the so file which start with plugin). But, I doesn't got any results.Thanks
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