There comes a time when you need to untar/unzip a LOT of files in a specified directory, especially after a huge downloading spree! =p
The Shell Script below will help Linux/Unix users to easily do so.
untar.sh
#!/bin/sh
##########################
#
# file: untar.sh
# description:
#
# This script is intended to run a batch process to untar/unzip
# ALL of the .tar.gz files in a specified directory.
#
#
##########################
#
# Usage Notes:
#
# The default 'untar.sh' command assumes that you want to untar/unzip ALL
# of the '.tar.gz' files from the current directory.
#
# You can also specify a directory...
# example: untar.sh /home/$LOGNAME/packages
#
#########################
if [ $1 ] && [ -d $1 ]; then
# use the specified directory
UNTAR_PATH=$1
else
# use current directory
UNTAR_PATH=$PWD
fi
if grep *.tar.gz: $UNTAR_PATH ; then
echo "Unzip'ing/Untar'ing all (.tar.gz) files in the specified directory ($UNTAR_PATH).";
find $UNTAR_PATH *.tar.gz -exec tar xzvf {} \;
else
echo "Sorry, there were no .tar.gz files found within the specified directory ($UNTAR_PATH).";
fi
Simply copy/paste the code above to your favorite text editor, save it as 'untar.sh', and then execute it as follows:
$ untar.sh /path/to/your/tar.gz/files
The command executes the untar.sh file, which should unzip/untar all of the files in the specified directory.
You may want to save (or create a symbolic link to) the untar.sh file in your /usr/bin directory, that way other users can easily share and execute the script, without it being stored in their directory.
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Simple command
This simple online command works well for me..
for i in *.tar.gz; do echo working on $i; tar xvzf $i ; done
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