.\" Copyright (c) 2018 Baptiste Daroussin .\" All rights reserved. .\" .\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without .\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions .\" are met: .\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. .\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright .\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the .\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. .\" .\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND .\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE .\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE .\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" $FreeBSD$ .\" .Dd July 20, 2020 .Dt ZGREP 1 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm zgrep , .Nm zegrep , .Nm zfgrep , .Nm bzgrep , .Nm bzegrep , .Nm bzfgrep , .Nm lzgrep , .Nm lzegrep , .Nm lzfgrep , .Nm xzgrep , .Nm xzegrep , .Nm xzfgrep , .Nm zstdgrep , .Nm zstdegrep , .Nm zstdfgrep .Nd grep compressed files .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Nm zegrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Nm zfgrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Pp .Nm bzgrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Nm bzegrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Nm bzfgrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Pp .Nm lzgrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Nm lzegrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Nm lzfgrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Pp .Nm xzgrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Nm xzegrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Nm xzfgrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Pp .Nm zstdgrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Nm zstdegrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Nm zstdfgrep .Oo Ar flags Oc Ar files .Sh DESCRIPTION Allow .Xr grep 1 to read compressed files. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr bzip2 1 , .Xr grep 1 , .Xr gzip 1 , .Xr xz 1 , .Xr zstd 1 .Sh AUTHORS This version of the .Nm utility was written by .An Thomas Klausner Aq Mt wiz@NetBSD.org . .Sh BUGS .Xr zgrep 1 does not handle flags that take arguments if there is no whitespace between the flag and the argument, for example: .Pp .Dl "zgrep -enfs /etc/rpc" .Pp When more than one .Fl e flag is used matching should occur for any of the patterns (similar to multiple patterns supplied in a file with the .Fl f flag). .Xr zgrep 1 only matches the last .Fl e pattern.