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ZIPGREP

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Updated: 14 January 2001
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NAME

zipgrep - search files in a ZIP archive for lines matching a pattern

SYNOPSIS

zipgrep [egrep_options] patternfile[.zip] [file(s) ...][-x xfile(s) ...]

DESCRIPTION

zipgrep will search files within a ZIP archive for lines matchingthe given string or pattern. zipgrep is a shell script and requiresegrep(1) and unzip(1L) to function. Its output is identical tothat of egrep(1).

ARGUMENTS

pattern

The pattern to be located within a ZIP archive. Any string or regularexpression accepted by egrep(1) may be used.file[.zip]Path of the ZIP archive. (Wildcard expressions for the ZIP archive name arenot supported.) If the literal filename is not found, the suffix .zipis appended. Note that self-extracting ZIP files are supported, as with anyother ZIP archive; just specify the .exe suffix (if any) explicitly.

[file(s)]

An optional list of archive members to be processed, separated by spaces.If no member files are specified, all members of the ZIP archive are searched.Regular expressions (wildcards) may be used to match multiple members:

*: matches a sequence of 0 or more characters
?: matches exactly 1 character
[...]: matches any single character found inside the brackets; ranges are specifiedby a beginning character, a hyphen, and an ending character. If an exclamationpoint or a caret (`!' or `^') follows the left bracket, then the range ofcharacters within the brackets is complemented (that is, anything exceptthe characters inside the brackets is considered a match).

(Be sure to quote any character that might otherwise be interpreted ormodified by the operating system.)

[-x xfile(s)]

An optional list of archive members to be excluded from processing.Since wildcard characters match directory separators (`/'), this optionmay be used to exclude any files that are in subdirectories. Forexample, ``zipgrep grumpy foo *.[ch] -x */*'' would search for thestring ``grumpy'' in all C source files in the main directory of the ``foo''archive, but none in any subdirectories. Without the -xoption, all C source files in all directories within the zipfile would besearched.