ZIPGREP(1L) ZIPGREP(1L) 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 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(1L), zip(1L), funzip(1L), zipcloak(1L), zip- info(1L), zipnote(1L), zipsplit(1L) 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)