how can I extract multiple gzip files in directory and subdirectories?
You can use below command.
Go to the directory where your .gz
file is and run command:
for f in *.gz ; do gunzip -c "$f" > /home/$USER/"${f%.*}" ; done
It will extract all file with original name and store it to current user home directory(/home/username
). You can change it to somewhere else.
EDIT :
gunzip *.gz
This command also will work. But, by default, it replaces original file.
Option # 1 : unzip multiple files using single quote (short version)
gunzip '*.gz'
Note that *.gz
word is put in between two single quote, so that shell will not recognize it as a wild card character.
Option # 2 : unzip multiple files using shell for loop (long version)
for g in *.gz; do gunzip $g; done
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EDIT :
I have just tried :
gunzip -dk *.gz
and it worked.
-d
to decompress and k
to keep original files.