MAN page from Trustix bzip2-1.0.2-9tr.i586.rpm

BZGREP

Section: User Commands (1)
Index

NAME

bzgrep, bzfgrep, bzegrep - search possibly bzip2 compressed files for a regular expression

SYNOPSIS

bzgrep[ grep_options ][ -e ] patternfilename...
bzegrep[ egrep_options ][ -e ] patternfilename...
bzfgrep[ fgrep_options ][ -e ] patternfilename...

DESCRIPTION

Bzgrepis used to invoke thegrepon bzip2-compressed 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.

Ifbzgrepis invoked asbzegreporbzfgrepthenegreporfgrepis used instead ofgrep.If the GREP environment variable is set,bzgrepuses it as thegrepprogram to be invoked. For example:

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

AUTHOR

Charles Levert (charlesAATTcomm.polymtl.ca). Adapted to bzip2 by PhilippeTroin <philAATTfifi.org> for Debian GNU/Linux.