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I want to search a directory's contents for a certain string on Ubuntu, and output all files that contain it. Problem: if zgrep tries to read a damaged file, the process stops:

zgrep -n 'test' /var/log/tomcat/archive/*

Result:

gzip: /var/log/tomcat/archive/my.log.gz: unexpected end of file

Question: how can I tell zgrep to ignore files that give errors?

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  • What makes you say it stops? It shouldn't stop, are you sure it doesn't simply print the error and then continue to the next file? That's how it behaves on my system. Commented Mar 21, 2022 at 8:30
  • Are you sure it stops completely? In my tests, both gzip’s zgrep and zutils’ zgrep continue with the subsequent files. Commented Mar 21, 2022 at 8:54

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