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authorPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2020-08-31 16:11:02 -0700
committerPaul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>2020-08-31 16:11:59 -0700
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@@ -7,28 +7,29 @@ zgrep \- search possibly compressed files for a regular expression
.BI [\ -e\ ] " pattern"
.IR filename ".\|.\|."
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.I Zgrep
-invokes
-.I grep
+The
+.B zgrep
+command invokes
+.B grep
on compressed or gzipped files.
All options specified are passed directly to
-.IR grep .
+.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
-.IR grep .
+.BR grep .
.PP
If the GREP environment variable is set,
-.I zgrep
+.B zgrep
uses it as the
-.I grep
+.B grep
program to be invoked.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
Exit status is 0 for a match, 1 for no matches, and 2 if trouble.
.SH BUGS
.PP
The following
-.I grep
+.B grep
options are not supported:
.B --dereference-recursive
.RB ( \-R ),