The 'xzgrep' script (and related xzdiff, xzless, xzmore scripts) are part of the standard xz package, though they are an optional feature so YMMV between distro

The 'xzgrep' script (and related xzdiff, xzless, xzmore scripts) are part of the standard xz package, though they are an optional feature so YMMV between distros. ~ $ xx /usr/portage/distfiles/xz-5.0.8.tar.gz ~ $ cd xz-5.0.8/ ~/xz-5.0.8 $ ./configure --help | grep -A1 scripts --disable-scripts do not install the scripts xzdiff, xzgrep, xzless, xzmore, and their symlinks