Search text patterns in zip files with windows explorer

[Jacky Luk]

I'd like to search for some texts (strings) inside zip or rar files in
windows explorer?
How can I achieve this? any freebies?
For example
1.zip
2.rar

if there is a file called 1.cpp inside 1.zip and there is a string called
"#include <iostream>" in it then I'd like windows explorer to show yes,
1.cpp's of 1.zip got that word, and like that. And display a whole list of
files that contain that word...
Thanks
Jack

 

[Jacky Luk]

without opening them...
Thanks
Jack

 

[Richard Urban]

You can't search within a zip file (also .rar) without it being opened. It
may be done in the background by the search program but it still has to be
decompressed to search within it. If it is not decompressed the text string
will never be found. In compressed file the string does not exist in the
correct format.

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Regards,

Richard Urban

aka Crusty (-: Old B@stard

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