On Thu, 5 Sep 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > This is in the "There has to be an easy way to do this" category- > > I have a directory which contains several subdirectories, each of which > contains over 100 subdirectories, each of which contains at least one *.tar.gz file. > I would like to extract all the tarballs in the directories where they are now, > and keep the directory structure intact. > > (If the people who set up the CD had tarred it properly, I wouldn't have this >problem.) > > I'm looking for a command or script which would work from the top dir like: > > $ tar -Rxz *.tar.gz > > would work if it worked that way, which of course it won't, since -R is an invalid >option for tar. > > In english: > "Descend though all subdirectories from the present directory, > and extract all tar.gz files right where they sit." > > I looked at piping the output from ls, but it only outputs filenames, not the >required paths, > so I don't even know where to start with writing a script. > > Any ideas?
Ah yes, this smacks of shell-scripting. I can't give you a fast answer but if you don't receive replys here you might try the shell.scripting list found at http://moongroup.com/mailman/listinfo/shell.scripting. Low volume and very good help. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
