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diff --git a/doc/zgrep.1 b/doc/zgrep.1 index 2418ef2..545aea2 100644 --- a/doc/zgrep.1 +++ b/doc/zgrep.1 @@ -1,29 +1,31 @@ .\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.46.1. -.TH ZGREP "1" "January 2019" "zgrep (zutils) 1.8" "User Commands" +.TH ZGREP "1" "June 2020" "zgrep (zutils) 1.9" "User Commands" .SH NAME zgrep \- search compressed files for a regular expression .SH SYNOPSIS .B zgrep [\fI\,options\/\fR] \fI\,<pattern> \/\fR[\fI\,files\/\fR] .SH DESCRIPTION -Zgrep is a front end to the grep program that allows transparent search -on any combination of compressed and uncompressed files. If any given -file is compressed, its decompressed content is used. If a given file +zgrep is a front end to the program grep that allows transparent search +on any combination of compressed and uncompressed files. If any file +given is compressed, its decompressed content is used. If a file given does not exist, and its name does not end with one of the known extensions, zgrep tries the compressed file names corresponding to the -formats supported. +formats supported. If a file fails to decompress, zgrep continues +searching the rest of the files. .PP If a file is specified as '\-', data are read from standard input, decompressed if needed, and fed to grep. Data read from standard input must be of the same type; all uncompressed or all in the same -compression format. +compressed format. .PP If no files are specified, recursive searches examine the current working directory, and nonrecursive searches read standard input. .PP -The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip and xz. +The formats supported are bzip2, gzip, lzip, and xz. .PP Exit status is 0 if match, 1 if no match, 2 if trouble. +Some options only work if the grep program used supports them. .SH OPTIONS .TP \fB\-\-help\fR @@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ don't read runtime configuration file show only the part of a line matching <pattern> .TP \fB\-O\fR, \fB\-\-force\-format=\fR<fmt> -force given format (bz2, gz, lz, xz) +force the format given (bz2, gz, lz, xz) .TP \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR suppress all messages @@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ Report bugs to zutils\-bug@nongnu.org .br Zutils home page: http://www.nongnu.org/zutils/zutils.html .SH COPYRIGHT -Copyright \(co 2019 Antonio Diaz Diaz. +Copyright \(co 2020 Antonio Diaz Diaz. License GPLv2+: GNU GPL version 2 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html> .br This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. |