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 decompressed if necessary and fed to grep.  Otherwise the given  files  are  uncom-
       pressed 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 (charlesATcomm.ca)

SEE ALSO
       grep(1), gzexe(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zforce(1), zmore(1), znew(1)



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