unpack multiple deb files with dpkg-deb?

steve51184 · 02-12-2011, 11:45 AM

hi all i have multiple deb files that i want to unpack atm i do this PER deb file:

Code:

dpkg-deb -x file.deb foldername
dpkg-deb -e file.deb foldername/DEBIAN

(foldername = same as deb file without the ext)

i can then edit the files and when i'm done i package them all up with this:

Code:

for f in apps/*; do dpkg-deb -b $f debs; done

what i want to know is: is there a way i can unpack the .debs without running 2 commands on EACH .deb file?

thanks

aero_z · 02-13-2011, 07:39 AM

You can try something like

Code:

for f in `ls -1 *.deb | sed 's/\(.*\)\..*/\1/'`
do
  dpkg-deb -x $f.deb $f
  dpkg-deb -e $f.deb $f/DEBIAN
done

steve51184 · 02-13-2011, 08:48 AM

perfect thank you