How to list file names instead of lines when grep a gzcat command?


 
Thread Tools Search this Thread
Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers How to list file names instead of lines when grep a gzcat command?
# 1  
Old 07-14-2009
How to list file names instead of lines when grep a gzcat command?

Hi,

I want to list filenames instead of lines when i search in compresed files for a string.

#gzcat *.gz | grep -l 12345

gives me:

<stdin>


Anyone got a solution on this problem?
# 2  
Old 07-14-2009
You have to do something like this:
Code:
for m in *gz; do 
   zcat $m | grep -c $PATTERN >/dev/null && echo $m
done

You can also try

Code:
zgrep -l PATTERN *gz

# 3  
Old 07-14-2009
Removed reply to wrong posting, doh!
 
Login or Register to Ask a Question

Previous Thread | Next Thread

10 More Discussions You Might Find Interesting

1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Grep -B used with -f? (Searching a file using a list of terms, output is lines before each match)

(1 Reply)
Discussion started by: Twinklefingers
1 Replies

2. Shell Programming and Scripting

Grep string in files and list file names that contain the string

Hi, I have a list of zipped files. I want to grep for a string in all files and get a list of file names that contain the string. But without unzipping them before that, more like using something like gzcat. My OS is: SunOS test 5.10 Generic_142900-13 sun4u sparc SUNW,SPARC-Enterprise (8 Replies)
Discussion started by: apenkov
8 Replies

3. Shell Programming and Scripting

get file names from the list

Hi Experts, Here is my scenario: Am maintaining a file which has list of logs with complete path and file names like bleow a/b/c/Daily/file1_20111012.log d/e/f/Monthly/file1_20111001.log g/h/Daily/file1_20110120.log i/Daily/file1_20110220.log How to copy the file names frm the list... (7 Replies)
Discussion started by: laxm
7 Replies

4. Shell Programming and Scripting

Getting file names in GREP command

Hi friends, It gives me 3 lines in output which contain word "automation". But along with it I want the script to return file name from which it got the word. How to do it? Plz guide me Anu (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: anushree.a
4 Replies

5. Shell Programming and Scripting

List of file names

I have the following list of file names stored in $fnames, so that if I do foreach f ($fnames) echo "$f" end I will get n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p002-16x12drw-run1 n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p002-16x12drw-run2 n02-z30-sr65-rgdt0p50-dc0p002-16x12drw-run3... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: kristinu
3 Replies

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

grep command to find multiple strings in multiple lines in a file.

I want to search files (basically .cc files) in /xx folder and subfolders. Those files (*.cc files) must contain #include "header.h" AND x() function. I am writing it another way to make it clear, I wanna list of *.cc files that have 'header.h' & 'x()'. They must have two strings, header.h... (2 Replies)
Discussion started by: ritikaSharma
2 Replies

7. Shell Programming and Scripting

gzcat/grep

Hi!!! I am trying to grep a number in more then 1000 files which are .gz. Below is the code :- for i in `ls 20090618yz*_07.znf.gz` do a=`gzcat 20090618yz*_07.znf.gz | grep 9814843011` if then echo $i fi done My objective is to echo the file name also with the data. ... (3 Replies)
Discussion started by: tushar_tus
3 Replies

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How to list file names in a certain date range using ls command?

Hi experts, I Need to print file names in a certain date range using ls:confused:. Please help me with any sample script. Thanks a lot in advance. Regards, Satish (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: satish.vutti
4 Replies

9. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Copying file names returned from a grep command into another directory

When I do the following : grep -l "string" *, I get a list of file names returned. Is there a way to copy the files returned from the list into another directory ?. Thanks. (4 Replies)
Discussion started by: Kartheg
4 Replies

10. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

How will you list only the empty lines in a file (using grep)

How will you list only the empty lines in a file (using grep) (1 Reply)
Discussion started by: JosephGerard
1 Replies
Login or Register to Ask a Question