[SOLVED] unrar files from different folders in terminal

Adol · 10-25-2012, 06:56 AM

Hello,

Im trying to unrar files from multiple folders automatically using terminal.

I have multiple folders and I want unrar to extract *.r00 and then move on the the next folder from the root directory.

This is what I am trying but its not quite rite.

Code:

find -type f -name /bigdrive/Media/Movies/2012/* '*.r00' -exec unrar x {} \;

Another way I was thinking about doing this is using grep:

Code:

find /bigdrive/Media/Movies/2012/*/*.r00 | unrar *.r00 x

but that not right either.

Should I be using xargs or can I do this just using the find command?

colucix · 10-25-2012, 08:40 AM

Try -execdir to execute the unrar command inside the directory where the r00 archive is:

Code:

find /bigdrive/Media/Movies/2012 -name \*.r00 -execdir unrar x {} \;

Adol · 10-26-2012, 01:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by colucix

Try -execdir to execute the unrar command inside the directory where the r00 archive is:

Code:

find /bigdrive/Media/Movies/2012 -name \*.r00 -execdir unrar x {} \;

Thank you very much.

That works perfectly.