zegrep
Find extended regular expression patterns in compressed files using egrep
.
More information: https://www.unix.com/man-page/freebsd/1/zegrep/.
- Search for extended regular expressions (supporting
?
,+
,{}
,()
and|
) in a compressed file (case-sensitive):
zegrep "
search_pattern"
path/to/file
- Search for extended regular expressions (supporting
?
,+
,{}
,()
and|
) in a compressed file (case-insensitive):
zegrep --ignore-case "
search_pattern"
path/to/file
- Search for lines that do not match a pattern:
zegrep --invert-match "
search_pattern"
path/to/file
- Print file name and line number for each match:
zegrep --with-filename --line-number "
search_pattern"
path/to/file
- Search for lines matching a pattern, printing only the matched text:
zegrep --only-matching "
search_pattern"
path/to/file
- Recursively search files in a compressed file for a pattern:
zegrep --recursive "
search_pattern"
path/to/file