zipgrep

TLDR

Search in ZIP

$ zipgrep [pattern] [archive.zip]

Search specific file

$ zipgrep [pattern] [archive.zip] [file.txt]

Case insensitive

$ zipgrep -i [pattern] [archive.zip]

Show line numbers

$ zipgrep -n [pattern] [archive.zip]

Count matches

$ zipgrep -c [pattern] [archive.zip]

List matching files

$ zipgrep -l [pattern] [archive.zip]

SYNOPSIS

zipgrep [-i] [-n] [-c] [-l] pattern zipfile [members]

zipgrep searches inside ZIP archives. It greps without extracting.
Pattern matching uses egrep. Regular expressions supported.
File specification limits search. Only named members searched.
Output shows file and match. Like grep on extracted contents.
Useful for large archives. No extraction needed.

PARAMETERS

-i

Case insensitive.

-n

Show line numbers.

-c

Count matches.

-l

List files only.

-h

No filename prefix.

-v

Invert match.

pattern

Search pattern.

members

Specific files.

CAVEATS

Shell wrapper around unzip/egrep. May be slow on large archives. Part of Info-ZIP.

HISTORY

zipgrep is part of Info-ZIP utilities. It provides grep functionality for ZIP contents.