gunzip -c equivalent for tar.gz files?

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What is the equivalent of gunzip -c to pipe the content of a bunch of tar.gz files without having to permanently "tar xzf" them and "tar czf" them back?

Something like: tar xzf "-c" *.tar.gz | xargs grep something

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 05 '11 at 19:03

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O, as in tar xOvzf tarball files

answered Jun 05 '11 at 19:03

ninjalj

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gunzip -c equivalent for tar.gz files?

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