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tar question

nobodythere · 2007-01-28 18:18:33

Hello, quick question. How in the name of god do i untar 30 archives at once. If I go tar -xzvf * it thinks that everything after the first file is a list of files that i want to untar. Same happens if I type them all one by one besiee each other. Pain in the ass.

28-01-2007 07:18PM

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nobodythere

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Hello, quick question.
How in the name of god do i untar 30 archives at once. If I go

tar -xzvf *

it thinks that everything after the first file is a list of files that i want to untar. Same happens if I type them all one by one besiee each other.

Pain in the ass.

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#2 28-01-2007 07:26PM

Creamy Goodness

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for i in *.tar.gz; do tar -xvzf $i; done

from the top of my head this should work, i'm not near a *nix machine so i can't try to make sure

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#3 28-01-2007 07:34PM

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Worked like a charm, thank you sir!

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#4 28-01-2007 07:37PM

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glad to help.

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