search inside an archive

[Mike Burger]

Depending on the file type, you may be able to "zcat <file> | grep 
<string>"

On Thu, 16 Mar 2006, shaunak saha wrote:

> Is there any command  to grep (search for a string) in files inside an
> archive file (gztar, .gz, .tar.gz, zip etc) ?
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