zipgrep
search files in a ZIP archive for lines matching a pattern
see also :
egrep - unzip - zip - funzip - zipcloak - zipinfo - zipnote - zipsplit
Synopsis
zipgrep
[egrep_options] pattern file[.zip]
[file(s) ...]
[-x xfile(s) ...]
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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(1) to
function. Its output is identical to that of
egrep(1).
options
All options
prior to the ZIP archive filename are passed to
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.
url
The Info-ZIP home page is currently at
http://www.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/
or
ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ .
see also
egrep ,
unzip , zip , funzip ,
zipcloak , zipinfo , zipnote ,
zipsplit
authors
zipgrep
was written by Jean-loup Gailly.