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ZGREP

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NAME

zgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression 

SYNOPSIS

zgrep[ grep_options ][ -e ] patternfilename... 

DESCRIPTION

Zgrepis used to invoke thegrepon compress'ed or gzip'ed files. All options specified are passed directly togrep.If no file is specified, then the standard input is decompressedif necessary and fed to grep.Otherwise the given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed togrep.

Ifzgrepis invoked aszegreporzfgrepthenegreporfgrepis used instead ofgrep.If the GREP environment variable is set,zgrepuses it as thegrepprogram to be invoked. For example:

    for sh:  GREP=fgrep  zgrep string files
    for csh: (setenv GREP fgrep; zgrep string files) 

AUTHOR

Charles Levert (charlesAATTcomm.polymtl.ca) 

SEE ALSO

grep(1), egrep(1), fgrep(1), zdiff(1), zmore(1), znew(1), zforce(1),gzip(1), gzexe(1)

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