un-tarring multiple files

WindowsBurner · 12-18-2003, 12:56 PM

There it works perfect now! You just got to make sure you use the bash shell

#!/bin/sh

for TAR in *.tar*; do
case $TAR in
*.tar.gz ) tar -xzvf $TAR;;
*.tgz ) tar -xzvf $TAR;;
*.tar.bz ) tar -xjvf $TAR;;
*.tar ) tar -xvf $TAR;;
esac
done

Enjoy!

phil1076 · 12-18-2003, 01:15 PM

Is there any chance that, perhaps in a future version, they could simplify it a tad? I mean, to create a script to do this is kind of ridiculous.

tar -xvf *.tar should work.

WindowsBurner · 12-18-2003, 01:22 PM

Well it doesnt work.If you read the posts youd see that it doesnt.You yourself said it.
Are you okay?

h/w · 12-18-2003, 01:56 PM

he meant he would like to see "tar -xvf *.tar" work and not have to write a script for it.

WindowsBurner · 12-18-2003, 02:03 PM

Oh okay.I'm sorry.I really am.I completely misunderstood.Sorry phil.
I dont know how to get tar -xvf *.tar to work.... I'll check and see but I dont know how.
But do this : cp script.sh /bin/untarMultiple
chmod 777 /bin/untarMultiple

and untarMultiple would have my script in it.Then all you have to do is enter a directory and type untarMultiple.