zgrep

NAME
  zgrep - search possibly compressed files for a regular
  expression

SYNOPSIS
  zgrep [ grep_options ] [ -e ] pattern filename...

DESCRIPTION
  Zgrep is used to invoke the grep on compress'ed or gzip'ed
  files. All options specified are passed directly to grep. If
  no file is specified, then the standard input is
  decompressed if necessary and fed to grep.  Otherwise the
  given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed to grep.

  If zgrep is invoked as zegrep or zfgrep then egrep or fgrep
  is used instead of grep. If the GREP environment variable is
  set, zgrep uses it as the grep program to be invoked. For
  example:

	  for sh:  GREP=fgrep  zgrep string files
	  for csh: (setenv GREP fgrep; zgrep string files)

AUTHOR
  Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca)

SEE ALSO
  grep(1), egrep(1), fgrep(1), zdiff(1), zmore(1), znew(1),
  zforce(1), gzip(1), gzexe(1)