.BI [\ -e\ ] " pattern"
.IR filename ".\|.\|."
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.IR Zgrep
-is used to invoke the
+.I Zgrep
+invokes
.I grep
-on compress'ed or gzip'ed files. All options specified are passed directly to
-.I grep.
+on compressed or gzipped files.
+All options specified are passed directly to
+.IR 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
-.I grep.
+.IR grep .
.PP
-If
-.I zgrep
-is invoked as
-.I zegrep
-or
-.I zfgrep
-then
-.I egrep
-or
-.I fgrep
-is used instead of
-.I grep.
If the GREP environment variable is set,
.I zgrep
uses it as the
.I grep
-program to be invoked. For example:
-
- for sh: GREP=fgrep zgrep string files
- for csh: (setenv GREP fgrep; zgrep string files)
+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
+options are not supported:
+.B --dereference-recursive
+.RB ( \-R ),
+.B --directories
+.RB ( \-d ),
+.BR --exclude ,
+.BR --exclude-from ,
+.BR --exclude-dir ,
+.BR --include ,
+.B --null
+.RB ( \-Z ),
+.B --null-data
+.RB ( \-z ),
+and
+.B --recursive
+.RB ( \-r ).
.SH AUTHOR
Charles Levert (charles@comm.polymtl.ca)
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-grep(1), egrep(1), fgrep(1), zdiff(1), zmore(1), znew(1), zforce(1),
-gzip(1), gzexe(1)
+grep(1), gzexe(1), gzip(1), zdiff(1), zforce(1), zmore(1), znew(1)