zgrep -- Command

Search compressed files for a regular expression
zgrep [-abcefhilnsvxy] [pattern] [file ...]

The  command zgrep  searches  for a  string  within a  file  that had  been
compressed  by gzip.  It  behaves exactly  like  grep, except  that it  de-
compresses compressed  files ``on the fly.'' For details  on the options to
zgrep see the Lexicon entry for grep.

See Also

commands,
grep,
gzip

© 2012 by Stephen A. Ness