ZIPGREP(1)                  General Commands Manual                 ZIPGREP(1)



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(1) 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  sup-
              ported,  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, sep-
              arated  by spaces.  If no member files are specified, all
              members of the ZIP archive are searched.  Regular expres-
              sions (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 `^')  fol-
                     lows  the  left bracket, then the range of charac-
                     ters 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 directo-
              ries within the zipfile would be searched.

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

SEE ALSO
       egrep(1), unzip(1), zip(1), funzip(1), zipcloak(1),  zipinfo(1),
       zipnote(1), zipsplit(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(1)
