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)