diff --git a/pages/common/bzgrep.md b/pages/common/bzgrep.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000..bf16d00f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/pages/common/bzgrep.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +# bzgrep + +> Find patterns in bzip2 compressed files using grep. +> More information: . + +- Search for a pattern within a compressed file: + +`bzgrep "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}` + +- Use extended regular expressions (supports `?`, `+`, `{}`, `()` and `|`), in case-insensitive mode: + +`bzgrep --extended-regexp --ignore-case "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}` + +- Print 3 lines of context around, before, or after each match: + +`bzgrep --{{context|before-context|after-context}}={{3}} "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}` + +- Print file name and line number for each match: + +`bzgrep --with-filename --line-number "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}` + +- Search for lines matching a pattern, printing only the matched text: + +`bzgrep --only-matching "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/file}}` + +- Recursively search files in a bzip2 compressed tar archive for a pattern: + +`bzgrep --recursive "{{search_pattern}}" {{path/to/tar/file}}` + +- Search stdin for lines that do not match a pattern: + +`cat {{/path/to/bz/compressed/file}} | bzgrep --invert-match "{{search_pattern}}"`