[SOLVED] Performing "grep" on multiple *.tar files and *.tgz

Issue

I have a directory of about 10 files with *.tar extension.

The 10 files have the following file name pattern.

File001.tar
File002.tar
File003.tar
..
File010.tar

Is there a way I can grep all 10 files for "Error" passing a wildcard to the filename in a terminal. How do I do this and also how would I do this if all the files have the extension "*.tgz" ?

Solution

This should make it:

grep "Error" /your_dir/*tar

Or also

grep --include="*tar" "Error" /your_dir/*

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For tgz files, use zgrep.

zgrep "Error" /your_dir/*tgz

Or also

grep --include="*tgz" "Error" /your_dir/*

Answered By - fedorqui 'SO stop harming'