i have to grep a particular pattern say "meter number" in 100s of zip files
file1.zip
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:
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file100.zip
how to achive this?
cat *.zip | grep "meter number"
also i dnt want to unzip and then grep it......
hope i made myself clear. thanks in advance
zgrep 'meter number' file*.zip
hi ali560045
try with gzcat or zcat.
bye
ok, thanks what if i need to grep *.gz files do i have to use the same command?
hi ali560045
you'll find further infos in:
$> man gzcat
Another excellent tool to use is zless.
You are able to less compressed files without going through the rigmarole uncompressing & decompressing files