Manual: zipgrep

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
	      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.

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)