# bzfgrep(1) - phpMan



[BZGREP(1)]                   General Commands Manual                  [BZGREP(1)]



**NAME**
       bzgrep, bzfgrep, bzegrep - search possibly bzip2 compressed files for a
       regular expression

**SYNOPSIS**
       **bzgrep** [ grep_options ] **[** **-e** **]** _pattern_ _filename_...
       **bzegrep** [ egrep_options ] **[** **-e** **]** _pattern_ _filename_...
       **bzfgrep** [ fgrep_options ] **[** **-e** **]** _pattern_ _filename_...

**DESCRIPTION**
       _Bzgrep_ is used to invoke the _grep_ on bzip2-compressed  files.  All  op-
       tions  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 _bzgrep_ is invoked as _bzegrep_ or _bzfgrep_ then _egrep_ or _fgrep_ is  used
       instead  of _grep._  If the GREP environment variable is set, _bzgrep_ uses
       it as the _grep_ program to be invoked. For example:

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

**AUTHOR**
       Charles Levert (<charles@comm.polymtl.ca>). Adapted to bzip2 by  Philippe
       Troin <<phil@fifi.org>> for Debian GNU/Linux.

**SEE** **ALSO**
       [grep(1)], [egrep(1)], [fgrep(1)], [bzdiff(1)], [bzmore(1)], [bzless(1)], [bzip2(1)]



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