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Top Forums Shell Programming and Scripting Grep string in files and list file names that contain the string Post 302785905 by Corona688 on Tuesday 26th of March 2013 02:13:44 PM
Old 03-26-2013
Kind of the same way you'd use cat...

If you don't have gzcat it's simple enough to make one:

Code:
for FILE in *.gz ; do gunzip < $FILE ; done | ...

 

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partclone.btrfs

partclone.extfs(8)					      System Manager's Manual						partclone.extfs(8)

NAME

       partclone.extfs - The utility for clone and restore an etx2/ext3 partition.

SYNOPSIS

       partclone.extfs [options]... [MODE] [SOURCE FILE] [OUTPUT FILE]

DESCRIPTION

       partclone.extfs	is  a part of Partclone project for ext2/3 file system.  Partclone is a project like the well-known backup utility "Parti-
       tion Image" a.k.a partimage. Partclone provide utilities to back up used blocks and design for higher  compatibility  of  the  file  system
       using supported library like e2fslibs.

OPTIONS

       -o, --output FILE
	      Output FILE

       -O --overwrite FILE
	      Output FILE, overwriting if exists

       -s, --source FILE
	      Source FILE

       -L,  --logfile FILE
	      Log FILE

       -c,  --clone
	      Save to the special image format

       -r,  --restore
	      Restore from the special image format

       -b,  --dev-to-dev
	      Local device to device copy mode

       -D,  --domain
	      Create GNU Ddrescue domain log file from source device

	    --offset_domain=X
	      Add X (in bytes) to all positions reported in the domain log file

       -R,  --rescue
	      Continue after disk read errors

       -dX, --debug=X
	      Set the debug level to X = [0|1|2]

       -C,  --no_check
	      Don't check device size and free space

       -X,  --dialog
	      Output message as Dialog Format

       -I,  --ignore_fschk
	      Ignore filesystem check

       --ignore_crc
	      Ignore crc check error

       -F,  --force
	      Force progress

       -f,  --UI-fresh
	      Fresh times of progress

       -q,  --quiet
	      quiet mode, no progress update

       -v,  --version
	      Display partclone version

       -h,  --help
	      Display this help

Examples:
       clone /dev/hda1 to hda1.img and display debug information.

       partclone.extfs -c -d -s /dev/hda1 -o hda1.img

       restore /dev/hda1 from hda1.img and display debug information.

       partclone.extfs -r -d -s hda1.img -o /dev/hda1

       restore image from clonezilla(split, gzip,) with stdin source

       cat sda1.ext3-ptcl-img.gz.a* > gunzip -c | partclone.ext3 -d -r -s - -o /dev/sda1

REPORTING BUGS

       Report bugs to <thomas@nchc.org.tw>

SUPPORT

       You can get support at http://partclone.org

AUTHOR

       This manual page was written by Thomas Tsai <thomas@nchc.org.tw>

partclone 0.2.48						     Nov 2007							partclone.extfs(8)
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