unzip and rename files in zip?

qwertyjjj · 05-28-2012, 04:08 AM

I have about 40 zip files each with a different name. However, the txt file inside each zip is called the same thing File.txt
How can I unzip them all and rename the file inside it so that it does not overwrite each time?
unzip '*.zip' is for the unzipping but the renaming?
Or alternatively, create a folder for each file.

colucix · 05-28-2012, 04:44 AM

The easier way is to extract the archive to standard input and redirect it to a file with a custom name, e.g.

Code:

for archive in *.zip
do
  ((i++))
  unzip -p $archive > $(printf "%03d" $i).txt
done

This works if each archive contains only one file.

There is also a -B option that automatically creates a backup copy of files being overwritten and numbers multiple copies of the same file, but you don't have any control on the file names. Instead, if you want to extract a file in a custom directory use the -d option.