How do I unzip multiple / many files under Linux?
Q. I’ve lots of files in a directory called /disk2/images. All files are zip file format , so I am using following command:
unzip *.zip
Which is result into an error as follows:
caution: filename not matched
How do I unzip multiple / many files under Linux?
A. Linux or UNIX unzip command will list, test, or extract files from a ZIP archive, commonly found on MS-DOS systems.
When you want to unzip file using wild card, you have two options as follows.
Option # 1 : unzip multiple files using single quote (short version)
Type the command as follows:
$ unzip ‘*.zip’
Note that *.zip 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)
You can also use for loop as follows:
$ for z in *.zip; do unzip $z; done
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