| Line |  | 
|---|
| 1 | .TH ZGREP 1 | 
|---|
| 2 | .SH NAME | 
|---|
| 3 | zgrep \- search possibly compressed files for a regular expression | 
|---|
| 4 | .SH SYNOPSIS | 
|---|
| 5 | .B zgrep | 
|---|
| 6 | [ grep_options ] | 
|---|
| 7 | .BI  [\ -e\ ] " pattern" | 
|---|
| 8 | .IR filename ".\|.\|." | 
|---|
| 9 | .SH DESCRIPTION | 
|---|
| 10 | .I Zgrep | 
|---|
| 11 | invokes | 
|---|
| 12 | .I grep | 
|---|
| 13 | on compressed or gzipped files. | 
|---|
| 14 | All options specified are passed directly to | 
|---|
| 15 | .IR grep . | 
|---|
| 16 | If no file is specified, then the standard input is decompressed | 
|---|
| 17 | if necessary and fed to grep. | 
|---|
| 18 | Otherwise the given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed to | 
|---|
| 19 | .IR grep . | 
|---|
| 20 | .PP | 
|---|
| 21 | If the GREP environment variable is set, | 
|---|
| 22 | .I zgrep | 
|---|
| 23 | uses it as the | 
|---|
| 24 | .I grep | 
|---|
| 25 | program to be invoked. | 
|---|
| 26 | .SH AUTHOR | 
|---|
| 27 | Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca) | 
|---|
| 28 | .SH "SEE ALSO" | 
|---|
| 29 | grep(1), gzexe(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zforce(1), zmore(1), znew(1) | 
|---|
       
      
  Note:
 See   
TracBrowser
 for help on using the repository browser.