ZGREP(1)                    General Commands Manual                   ZGREP(1)

NAME
       zgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular expression

SYNOPSIS
       zgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename...

DESCRIPTION
       The zgrep command 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 uncompressed if necessary and
       fed to grep.

       If the GREP environment variable is set, zgrep uses it as the grep
       program to be invoked.

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

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

AUTHOR
       Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca)

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

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