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.Dd December 28, 2003
.Dt ZGREP 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm zgrep ,
.Nm zegrep ,
.Nm zfgrep
.Nd print lines matching a pattern in gzip-compressed files
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Ar grep-flags
.Op Fl -
.Ar pattern
.Op Ar files ...
.Pp
.Nm zegrep
.Op Ar grep-flags
.Op Fl -
.Ar pattern
.Op Ar
.Pp
.Nm zfgrep
.Op Ar grep-flags
.Op Fl -
.Ar pattern
.Op Ar
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm
runs
.Xr grep 1
on
.Ar files
or stdin, if no
.Ar files
argument is given, after decompressing them with
.Xr zcat 1 .
.Pp
The
.Ar grep-flags
and
.Ar pattern
arguments are passed on to
.Xr grep 1 .
If an
.Fl e
flag is found in the
.Ar grep-flags ,
.Nm
will not look for a
.Ar pattern
argument.
.Pp
.Nm zegrep
calls
.Xr egrep 1 ,
while
.Nm zfgrep
calls
.Xr fgrep 1 .
.Sh EXIT STATUS
In case of missing arguments or missing pattern,
1 will be returned, otherwise 0.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr egrep 1 ,
.Xr fgrep 1 ,
.Xr grep 1 ,
.Xr gzip 1 ,
.Xr zcat 1
.Sh AUTHORS
.An Thomas Klausner
.Aq wiz@NetBSD.org