[Gllug] Combining CAT and ZCAT in one line

[Fred Youhanaie]

Andrew Black wrote:
> I have a number of logs, some of which have been compressed
>    mainlog    mainlog.1   mainlog.2.gz   mainlog.3.gz
> 
> I can do
>     cat mainlog       | grep oojimaflip
>     zcat mainlog.*.qz | grep oojimaflip
> 
> Is there are way I can do both in the same line - decompress files that 
> need it  on the fly ?

(cat ... ;  zcat ...) | grep ...

Cheers
f.

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