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diff --git a/src/scripts/xzgrep.1 b/src/scripts/xzgrep.1 index d8647f2a..996d64ae 100644 --- a/src/scripts/xzgrep.1 +++ b/src/scripts/xzgrep.1 @@ -1,13 +1,20 @@ -.\" Original file was take from gzip, thus this man page is under GNU GPLv2+. -.TH XZGREP 1 "2009-04-13" "XZ Utils" +.\" +.\" Original zgrep.1 for gzip: Jean-loup Gailly +.\" Charles Levert <charles@comm.polymtl.ca> +.\" +.\" Modifications for XZ Utils: Lasse Collin +.\" +.\" License: GNU GPLv2+ +.\" +.TH XZGREP 1 "2009-07-05" "Tukaani" "XZ Utils" .SH NAME -xzgrep \- search .xz and .lzma compressed files for a regular expression +xzgrep \- search compressed files for a regular expression .SH SYNOPSIS .B xzgrep .RI [ grep_options ] .RB [ \-e ] .I pattern -.IR filename ".\|.\|." +.IR file ".\|.\|." .br .B xzegrep .RB ... @@ -25,14 +32,28 @@ xzgrep \- search .xz and .lzma compressed files for a regular expression .RB ... .SH DESCRIPTION .B xzgrep -is used to invoke the +invokes .BR grep (1) -on .xz or .lzma compressed files. All options specified are passed directly to -.BR grep . -If no file is specified, then the standard input is decompressed -if necessary and fed to grep. -Otherwise the given files are uncompressed if necessary and fed to -.BR grep . +on +.I files +which may be either uncompressed or compressed with +.BR xz (1), +.BR lzma (1), +.BR gzip (1), +or +.BR bzip2 (1). +All options specified are passed directly to +.BR grep (1). +.PP +If no +.I file +is specified, then the standard input is decompressed if necessary and fed to +.BR grep (1). +When reading from standard input, +.BR gzip (1) +and +.BR bzip2 (1) +compressed files are not supported. .PP If .B xzgrep @@ -41,37 +62,33 @@ is invoked as or .B xzfgrep then -.B egrep +.BR egrep (1) or -.B fgrep +.BR fgrep (1) is used instead of -.B grep. +.BR grep (1). The same applies to names .BR lzgrep , .BR lzegrep , and .BR lzfgrep , which are provided for backward compatibility with LZMA Utils. - -If the GREP environment variable is set, -.B xzgrep -uses it as the -.B grep -program to be invoked. For example: - - for sh: GREP=fgrep xzgrep string files - for csh: (setenv GREP fgrep; xzgrep string files) -.SH AUTHORS -Original -.BR zgrep (1) -manual page by Charles Levert <charles@comm.polymtl.ca>. .PP -Minor modifications for XZ Utils by Lasse Collin -<lasse.collin@tukaani.org>. -.SH "SEE ALSO" +.SH ENVIRONMENT +.TP +.B GREP +If the +.B GREP +environment variable is set, +.B xzgrep +uses it instead of .BR grep (1), .BR egrep (1), -.BR fgrep (1), -.BR xzdiff (1), -.BR xzmore (1), -.BR xz (1) +or +.BR fgrep (1). +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR grep (1), +.BR xz (1), +.BR gzip (1), +.BR bzip2 (1), +.BR zgrep (1) |