ZipGrep is a utility that can list and search zip (.war, .ear, .jar, etc) archives for text patterns, without the need to extract the archive's contents.
One of a set of tools we're offering as a way to say thank you for being a part of the community.
http://www.dotnetjunkies.ddj.com/Tutorial/4D13CEFA-D0FD-44BE-8749-8D17B5757564.dcik