ZIPGREP(1L)                                                                                                          ZIPGREP(1L)



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

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

DESCRIPTION
       zipgrep will search files within a ZIP archive for lines matching the given string or pattern.  zipgrep is a shell script
       and requires egrep(1) and unzip(1L) to function.  Its output is identical to that of egrep(1).

ARGUMENTS
       pattern
              The pattern to be located within a ZIP archive.  Any string or regular expression accepted by egrep(1)  may
              be  used.  file[.zip] Path of the ZIP archive.  (Wildcard expressions for the ZIP archive name are not sup-
              ported.)  If the literal filename is not found, the suffix .zip is appended.  Note that self-extracting ZIP
              files are supported, as with any other 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 speci-
              fied, 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 specified by a beginning charac-
                     ter, a hyphen, and an ending character.  If an exclamation point or a caret (`!' or `^') follows the
                     left  bracket,  then  the range of characters within the brackets is complemented (that is, anything
                     except the characters inside the brackets is considered a match).

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

       [-x xfile(s)]
              An optional list of archive members to be excluded from processing.  Since wildcard characters match direc-
              tory  separators (`/'), this option may be used to exclude any files that are in subdirectories.  For exam-
              ple, ``zipgrep grumpy foo *.[ch] -x */*'' would search for the string ``grumpy'' in all C source  files  in
              the  main  directory  of the ``foo'' archive, but none in any subdirectories.  Without the -x option, all C
              source files in all directories within the zipfile would be searched.

OPTIONS
       All options prior to the ZIP archive filename are passed to egrep(1).

SEE ALSO
       egrep(1), unzip(1L), zip(1L), funzip(1L), zipcloak(1L), zipinfo(1L), zipnote(1L), zipsplit(1L)

URL
       The Info-ZIP home page is currently at
       http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/
       or
       ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ .

AUTHORS
       zipgrep was written by Jean-loup Gailly.



Info-ZIP                                                  20 April 2009                                              ZIPGREP(1L)