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NAME

zipgrep - search files in a ZIP archive for lines matching a pattern

SYNOPSIS

zipgrep [egrep_options] pattern file[.zip] [file(s) ...]
[-x xfile(s) ...]

DESCRIPTION

zipgrep will search files within a ZIP archive for lines matching the
given string or pattern. zipgrep is a shell script and requires
egrep(1) and unzip(1L) to function. Its output is identical to that
of egrep(1).

ARGUMENTS

pattern
The pattern to be located within a ZIP archive. Any string or
regular expression accepted by egrep(1) may be used.
file[.zip] Path of the ZIP archive. (Wildcard expressions for
the ZIP archive name are not supported.) If the literal
filename is not found, the suffix .zip is appended. Note that
self-extracting ZIP files are supported, as with any other ZIP
archive; just specify the .exe suffix (if any) explicitly.

[file(s)]
An optional list of archive members to be processed, separated
by spaces. If no member files are specified, all members of
the ZIP archive are searched. Regular expressions (wildcards)
may be used to match multiple members:

* matches a sequence of 0 or more characters

? matches exactly 1 character

[...] matches any single character found inside the brackets;
ranges are specified by a beginning character, a
hyphen, and an ending character. If an exclamation
point or a caret (`!' or `^') follows the left bracket,
then the range of characters within the brackets is
complemented (that is, anything except the characters
inside the brackets is considered a match).

(Be sure to quote any character that might otherwise be
interpreted or modified by the operating system.)

[-x xfile(s)]
An optional list of archive members to be excluded from
processing. Since wildcard characters match directory
separators (`/'), this option may be used to exclude any files
that are in subdirectories. For example, ``zipgrep grumpy foo
*.[ch] -x */*'' would search for the string ``grumpy'' in all
C source files in the main directory of the ``foo'' archive,
but none in any subdirectories. Without the -x option, all C
source files in all directories within the zipfile would be
searched.

OPTIONS

All options prior to the ZIP archive filename are passed to egrep(1).

URL

The Info-ZIP home page is currently at
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/
or
ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ .

AUTHORS

zipgrep was written by Jean-loup Gailly.

Info-ZIP 20 April 2009 ZIPGREP(1L)