zipgrep will search files within a ZIP archive for lines matching the given string or pattern. zipgrep is a shell script and requires egrep and sed (part of the POSIX-SH package) and unzip to function. Its output is identical to that of egrep.
Syntax
zipgrep [egrep_options] pattern file[.zip] [file ...] [-x xfile ...] |
The pattern to be located within a ZIP archive. Any string or regular expression accepted by egrep may be used.
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.
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.
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,
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.
All options prior to the ZIP archive filename are passed to egrep. |
See also
| egrep, unzip, zip, funzip, zipcloak, zipinfo, zipnote, zipsplit |