zgrep(1) - Linux man page
Name
zgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression
Synopsis
zgrep [ grep_options ]
[ -e ] pattern filename...
Description
Zgrep is used to invoke the
grep on compress'ed or gzip'ed files. All options
specified are passed directly to
grep. If no file is specified, then the standard input is decompressed if necessary and fed to grep. Otherwise the
given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed to
grep.
If zgrep is invoked as zegrep or zfgrep then egrep or fgrep is used instead of grep. If the GREP environment
variable is set, zgrep uses it as the grep program to be invoked. For example:
for sh: GREP=fgrep zgrep string files
for csh: (setenv GREP fgrep; zgrep string files)
Author
Charles Levert (
charles@comm.polymtl.ca)
See Also
grep(1),
egrep(1),
fgrep(1),
zdiff(1),
zmore(1),
znew(1),
zforce(1),
gzip(1),
gzexe(1)
Referenced By
lzgrep(1)
