ZGREP(1) General Commands Manual ZGREP(1)
NAME
zgrep, zegrep, zfgrepprint lines matching a pattern in gzip-compressed files
SYNOPSIS
zgrep
[grep-flags] [--] pattern [files ...]
 
zegrep
[grep-flags] [--] pattern [file ...]
 
zfgrep
[grep-flags] [--] pattern [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
zgrep runs grep(1) on files or stdin, if no files argument is given, after decompressing them with zcat(1).
 
The grep-flags and pattern arguments are passed on to grep(1). If an -e flag is found in the grep-flags, zgrep will not look for a pattern argument.
 
zegrep calls egrep(1), while zfgrep calls fgrep(1).
EXIT STATUS
In case of missing arguments or missing pattern, 1 will be returned, otherwise 0.
SEE ALSO
AUTHORS
Thomas Klausner <wiz@NetBSD.org>