Unpack multiple archives recursively in Linux
So you downloaded all the X-Files seasons and every episode is packed in RAR. You can use unrarr to recursively unpack the contents of each archive by following these install steps:
gunzip unrarr.gz
sudo cp unrarr /usr/bin/
sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/unrarr
…then use the utility like this:
unrarr /path/to/folder
It can be a real time-saver.
For ZIP files you can use unzip and a small shell script that goes like this:
for dir in */
do
( cd “$dir” && unzip *.zip )
done
