man/cat1/zgrep.1.txt

ZGREP(1) ZGREP(1)
 
 
 
NAME
       zgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular
       expression
 
SYNOPSIS
       zgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename...
 
DESCRIPTION
       Zgrep invokes grep on compressed or gzipped files. All
       options specified are passed directly to grep. If no
       file is specified, then the standard input is decom-
       pressed if necessary and fed to grep. Otherwise the
       given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed to
       grep.
 
       If the GREP environment variable is set, zgrep uses it
       as the grep program to be invoked.
 
AUTHOR
       Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca)
 
SEE ALSO
       grep(1), gzexe(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zforce(1),
       zmore(1), znew(1)
 
 
 
                                                                      ZGREP(1)