On 09/05/02, at 05:29 PM, Gordon Messmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >find . -type d | while read dir ; do > pushd $dir > for i in *.tar.gz; do > tar zxf $i > rm -f $i > done > popd >done
That's a winner! I just added: echo $dir to the inner loop for feedback. The total count was 1194 subdirectories containing tarballs. I really wasn't interested in extracting them one at a time, or losing the dir structure. Now I can make a proper tarball! Thanks to all! -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Carl Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------ He has ignorance written all over his face... ...and it's spelled wrong. -Ike Garland ----- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list