How can I read Chrome Cache files?
A forum I frequent was down today, and upon restoration, I discovered that the last two days of forum posting had been rolled back completely.
Needless to say, I'd like to get back what data I can from the forum loss, and I am hoping I have at least some of it stored in the cache files that Chrome created.
I face two problems -- the cache files have no filetype, and I'm unsure how to read them in an intelligent manner (trying to open them in Chrome itself seems to "redownload" them in a .gz format), and there are a ton of cache files.
Any suggestions on how to read and sort these files? (A simple string search should fit my needs)
Answer
EDIT: The below answer no longer works see here
In Chrome or Opera, open a new tab and navigate to chrome://view-http-cache/
Click on whichever file you want to view. You should then see a page with a bunch of text and numbers. Copy all the text on that page. Paste it in the text box below.
Press "Go". The cached data will appear in the Results section below.