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Engineer Tang's Implementation Study Notes

Jun 16, 2026 · Operations

Stop Decompressing Logs: Search Compressed Files Directly with zgrep and rg -z

This article demonstrates how to efficiently search across multiple compressed log files using zgrep, zcat pipelines, and ripgrep's -z flag, avoiding manual decompression loops, with practical scripts for date-range scanning and performance comparisons showing rg -z is 3x faster.

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Stop Decompressing Logs: Search Compressed Files Directly with zgrep and rg -z

Engineer Tang's Implementation Study Notes

Jun 11, 2026 · Operations

grep, awk, sort: Analyze 10GB Logs in 5 Minutes (Scripts Included)

This article teaches a practical command-line toolkit (grep, awk, sort) for rapidly analyzing massive log files up to 10GB, covering log-level statistics, top error extraction, IP frequency analysis, time-range filtering, compressed log searching, and reusable scripts, demonstrated with a real 6GB export timeout case resolved in five minutes.

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grep, awk, sort: Analyze 10GB Logs in 5 Minutes (Scripts Included)