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Old 07-31-2008
grep thru zipped files

Hi All,

I need to check the logs and grep it. The problem is that the previous days are zipped with *.gz. How do grep on the *.gz?

Thank you in advance.
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Old 07-31-2008
Code:
zgrep 'pattern' filename.gz

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