Hi Folk,

I am facing one problem realted to Gunzip and Cat command need your help to sorted out this issue in ungent bases.

i have more that 3000 to 4000 files which is in .gz format. now i want to gunzip this all files in single command and also redirect all files data in one file.

for unzip the files i am running the command
## sudo gunzip *
If i have more than 3000 zip files it shows error "sudo: unable to execute /bin/gunzip: Argument list too long"

and for redirect all files data i am using
## sudo cat <Path of The Firectory/*> >> <Redirected_file_name>

If i have more that 3000 files then i am getting error "sudo: unable to execute /bin/cat: Argument list too long"

Please help me to sorted out this issue. how can i unzip and redirect more that 3000 files.

Thanks in Advanced,

Do a loop. Furthermore you can use the -c option of gzip to send the uncompressed data to the standard output, so that you can redirect it at your pleasure:
If you have to use sudo and it asks for password, better to do sudo -i before the loop in order to acquire privileges permanently.

1 members found this post helpful.

Hi colucix,

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Your suggested Configuration has helped me a lot.

Thanks for you suggetion Colucix.

You're welcome!