Grep in a specific file in an archive

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi all,

I need to do a grep in a specific file inside multiple (tar.gz) archives.

I know zgrep can grep in an archive, but as far as I know, I can't supply a specific filename from inside the archive to grep in.

Is there any other way do to this, besides extracting it and then prerforming the grep?

Thanks

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Did you search with-in the forums?

Here's something similar I found just in the related threads section.

http://www.unix.com/unix-for-dummies-questions-and-answers/168188-how-grep-string-tar-gz-file-matched-filenames.html