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.