1ZGREP(1)                    General Commands Manual                   ZGREP(1)
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NAME

6       zgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression
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SYNOPSIS

9       zgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename...
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DESCRIPTION

12       The zgrep command invokes grep on compressed or gzipped files.  All op‐
13       tions specified are passed directly to grep.  If no file is  specified,
14       then  the  standard input is decompressed if necessary and fed to grep.
15       Otherwise the given files are uncompressed  if  necessary  and  fed  to
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18       If the GREP environment variable is set, zgrep uses it as the grep pro‐
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EXIT STATUS

22       Exit status is 0 for a match, 1 for no matches, and 2 if trouble.
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BUGS

25       The following grep options are not  supported:  --dereference-recursive
26       (-R),  --directories  (-d),  --exclude,  --exclude-from, --exclude-dir,
27       --include, --null (-Z), --null-data (-z), and --recursive (-r).
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AUTHOR

30       Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca)
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SEE ALSO

33       grep(1), gzexe(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zforce(1), zmore(1), znew(1)
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