grep from .z files

koho · #1 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007

There are archived files with .Z in the server.
I want to grep a code within those files.
How can I do this?

Please help.

Koho

koho · #2 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007

There are archived files with .Z in the server.
I want to grep a code within those files.
How can I do this?

Please help.

Koho

matrixmadhan · #3 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007

you can try with zgrep

user_prady · #4 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by koho

There are archived files with .Z in the server.
I want to grep a code within those files.
How can I do this?

Please help.

Koho

Something like this..

Code:

PATH = /<your path>
for temp in `find $PATH  -name '*.z'`
do
   grep 'your string' $temp
done

prowla · #5 (**permalink**) 11-16-2007

zcat myfile.Z | grep

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