MadBuntu

[Ed Note] Welcome to Command Line Quickies. These recurring shorts will introduce some command line tips that you may not know of but can be useful. As with any tool, this is only the most basic overview of the functionality of the command covered. More information can be found by typing “man commandname” at the command line. [/Ed Note]

zgrep works just like grep, but for compressed files. This great utility will search zipped files for a string of text without you having to decompress it first.