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  1. 03-06-2009 #1
    paroxsitic
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    Grep inside a tar.gz

    I want my users to have access to every history of their server. Therefore I don't chop up my logs and archive them, instead I have huge 1-2GB log files that I keep because I allow them to search through it via webmin.

    Is there anyway I can have the log file tarred and gzipped but still allow the user to search through it easily?
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  3. 03-06-2009 #3
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    Try this:

    Code:
    tar -O -xzvf /path/to/gziptarfile | grep 'string'
    The -O option extract files to standard output.
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