zegrep

Find extended regular expression patterns in compressed files using `egrep`.

• Search for extended regular expressions (supporting `?`, `+`, `{}`, `()` and `|`) in a compressed file (case-sensitive):

zegrep "{search_pattern}" {path/to/file}

• Search for extended regular expressions (supporting `?`, `+`, `{}`, `()` and `|`) in a compressed file (case-insensitive):

zegrep --ignore-case "{search_pattern}" {path/to/file}

• Search for lines that do not match a pattern:

zegrep --invert-match "{search_pattern}" {path/to/file}

• Print file name and line number for each match:

zegrep --with-filename --line-number "{search_pattern}" {path/to/file}

• Search for lines matching a pattern, printing only the matched text:

zegrep --only-matching "{search_pattern}" {path/to/file}

• Recursively search files in a compressed file for a pattern:

zegrep --recursive "{search_pattern}" {path/to/file}

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