GNU bug report logs - #70511
Option to grep into compressed files

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Package: grep;

Reported by: Mary <marycada <at> proton.me>

Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2024 06:52:04 UTC

Severity: normal

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From: Dennis Clarke <dclarke <at> blastwave.org>
To: 70511 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#70511: Option to grep into compressed files
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 13:07:10 -0400

On 4/23/24 11:21, Mary via Bug reports for GNU grep wrote:
>> Thanks for the suggestion. You're right, this would be better than zgrep
>> etc.

    What happened to the old UNIX concept of

        Do one thing.
        Do it well.
        Then stop.

    To grep a compressed stream of bits you just pass the decompressed
    bits along a pipe.

    Done.




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Dennis Clarke
RISC-V/SPARC/PPC/ARM/CISC
UNIX and Linux spoken
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