zgrep not working on the AIX platform

Question

zgrep does not work in AIX and gives the following error

ap61cp01> zgrep 9 ap_balance_bucket9_20120718.txt.gz gzip: ap_balance_bucket9_20120718.txt.gz: Permission denied

Please let me know the solution !!!

Regards Sumanth

Answer 1

You have no permission to read the compressed file.

As root or ap_balance_bucket9_20120718.txt.gz owner, run

chmod a+r ap_balance_bucket9_20120718.txt.gz