Linux Delete Old files from Tar

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Hi All,

Requirement:

I Have file.Tar.gz , I Need to Delete files from a tar , older than n days.
Without Extracting tar files to current directory, I need to Find out files using mtime, is it Possible ?

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I don’t think so. The --delete option only works on given file names. There is no option to specify older than n days. Typical usage is as follow to get a list of files:

tar --list --file=myfiles.tar

Next delete foo and bar files

tar --delete --file=myfiles.tar filenamehere
tar --delete --file=myfiles.tar foo bar
tar --list --file=myfiles.tar
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