xzgrep

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Search files possibly compressed with `xz`, `lzma`, `gzip`, `bzip2`, `lzop`, or `zstd` using `regex`. See also: `grep`.

Options (6)

-F, --fixed-stringsboolean

Search for an exact string (disables `regex`)

Example: xzgrep {{[-F|--fixed-strings]}} "{{exact_string}}" {{path/to/file}}

-n, --line-numberboolean

Search for a pattern in all files showing line numbers of matches

Example: xzgrep {{[-n|--line-number]}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}

-H, --with-filenameboolean

Print file name and line number for each match with color output

Example: xzgrep {{[-H|--with-filename]}} {{[-n|--line-number]}} --color=always "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}

-o, --only-matchingboolean

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

Example: xzgrep {{[-o|--only-matching]}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}

-E, --extended-regexpboolean

Use extended `regex` (supports `?`, `+`, `{}`, `()`, and `|`), in case-insensitive mode

Example: xzgrep {{[-E|--extended-regexp]}} {{[-i|--ignore-case]}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}

-i, --ignore-caseboolean

Use extended `regex` (supports `?`, `+`, `{}`, `()`, and `|`), in case-insensitive mode

Example: xzgrep {{[-E|--extended-regexp]}} {{[-i|--ignore-case]}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}

Search for a pattern within a file

xzgrep "search_pattern" path/to/file

Search for an exact string (disables `regex`)

xzgrep [-F|--fixed-strings] "exact_string" path/to/file

Search for a pattern in all files showing line numbers of matches

xzgrep [-n|--line-number] "search_pattern" path/to/file

Print 3 lines of [C]ontext around, [B]efore, or [A]fter each match

xzgrep --context|--before-context|--after-context 3 "search_pattern" path/to/file

Print file name and line number for each match with color output

xzgrep [-H|--with-filename] [-n|--line-number] --color=always "search_pattern" path/to/file

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

xzgrep [-o|--only-matching] "search_pattern" path/to/file

Use extended `regex` (supports `?`, `+`, `{}`, `()`, and `|`), in case-insensitive mode

xzgrep [-E|--extended-regexp] [-i|--ignore-case] "search_pattern" path/to/file