The data breach .tar.gz files contains a lot of .txt files. This script search into .txt files a regexp pattern and output match lines to stdout.
This script use NodeJS Stream for an efficient memory usage.
npx targz-search <pattern> <file.tar.gz># Use npm
npm install -g targz-search
# Use yarn
yarn global add targz-search# Simple running
targz-search <pattern> <file.tar.gz>
# See more options
targz-search --helptar xOf <file.tar.gz> | grep -iE 'pattern'
# If problem with some files reported as binary. Add "a" option to grep (Caution).
tar xOf <file.tar.gz> | grep -aiE 'pattern'