1 ZIPGREP(1L) ZIPGREP(1L)
4 zipgrep - search files in a ZIP archive for lines matching a pattern
7 zipgrep [egrep_options] pattern file[.zip] [file(s) ...]
11 zipgrep will search files within a ZIP archive for lines matching the
12 given string or pattern. zipgrep is a shell script and requires
13 egrep(1) and unzip(1L) to function. Its output is identical to that of
18 The pattern to be located within a ZIP archive. Any
19 string or regular expression accepted by egrep(1) may be
20 used. file[.zip] Path of the ZIP archive. (Wildcard
21 expressions for the ZIP archive name are not supported.)
22 If the literal filename is not found, the suffix .zip is
23 appended. Note that self-extracting ZIP files are sup-
24 ported, as with any other ZIP archive; just specify the
25 .exe suffix (if any) explicitly.
28 An optional list of archive members to be processed, sep-
29 arated by spaces. If no member files are specified, all
30 members of the ZIP archive are searched. Regular expres-
31 sions (wildcards) may be used to match multiple members:
33 * matches a sequence of 0 or more characters
35 ? matches exactly 1 character
37 [...] matches any single character found inside the
38 brackets; ranges are specified by a beginning
39 character, a hyphen, and an ending character. If
40 an exclamation point or a caret (`!' or `^') fol-
41 lows the left bracket, then the range of charac-
42 ters within the brackets is complemented (that is,
43 anything except the characters inside the brackets
44 is considered a match).
46 (Be sure to quote any character that might otherwise be
47 interpreted or modified by the operating system.)
50 An optional list of archive members to be excluded from
51 processing. Since wildcard characters match directory
52 separators (`/'), this option may be used to exclude any
53 files that are in subdirectories. For example, ``zipgrep
54 grumpy foo *.[ch] -x */*'' would search for the string
55 ``grumpy'' in all C source files in the main directory of
56 the ``foo'' archive, but none in any subdirectories.
57 Without the -x option, all C source files in all directo-
58 ries within the zipfile would be searched.
61 All options prior to the ZIP archive filename are passed to
65 egrep(1), unzip(1L), zip(1L), funzip(1L), zipcloak(1L), zip-
66 info(1L), zipnote(1L), zipsplit(1L)
69 The Info-ZIP home page is currently at http://www.info-
70 zip.org/pub/infozip/ or ftp://ftp.info-zip.org/pub/infozip/ .
73 zipgrep was written by Jean-loup Gailly.
75 Info-ZIP 20 April 2009 ZIPGREP(1L)