Grep and find

[uguess]

I have multiple files

file1.txt
file2.txt
file3.txt

File1.txt
12O 1234567 Alan donald, cortext drive, 12345, AZ, etc.

How can I search all the files for field called state. The files are ziped with .gz extension. And give me the filename & line number where it finds records with state AZ.

 

[PHV]

Don't you have the zgrep script ?

Hope This Helps, PH.
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