Extract multiple bz2 files

hq4ever · 06-23-2004, 01:08 AM

i have some files (tarballs?) that are compressed with bunzip2
i would like to extract them all at once.

i tried

Code:

ls *.bz2 | bunzip2

but i keep getting

Quote:

(stdin) is not a bzip2 file.

what is the correct syntax ?

druuna · 06-23-2004, 01:42 AM

Easiest way to do this:

bunzip2 *bz2

If you really need the ls construct:

ls *bz2 | xargs bunzip2

And this works as well:

for THIS in *bz2; do bunzip2 $THIS; done

There are probably more ways of doing this, these came to mind first.

hq4ever · 06-23-2004, 04:51 PM

is it OK to say thank you in here
or does it considered spam post ?

any way i'll take the Chance, tnx man great help on that
i hate being a newbie.

Tinkster · 06-23-2004, 05:46 PM

It's OK to say thanks :} ... and if you want to
do better than that, affero him ;) He may get a
present at some stage!

/me has got a signed Stallman book that way :}

Cheers,
Tink

druuna · 06-24-2004, 12:03 AM

@hq4ever: You're welcome.