09 Nov 2009
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09 Nov 2009
UNIX and the shell

Finding files inside an archive with Terminal

Lots of searching with this current project… this time looking for files inside an archive, without having to extract them first. Using Apple’s Terminal, or any Unix / Linux bash shell: [script lang="bash"]find /dir/ -iname archive.tar -print0 | xargs -0 tar t -f | grep “filename you are searching for”
find /dir/ -iname archive.zip -print0 | xargs -0 unzip -l | grep “filename you are searching for”
find /dir/ -iname archive.rar -print0 | xargs -0 unrar l | grep “filename you are searching for”
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