how to unzip .zip file and its sub directories

Question

I have a zip file and in that I have multiple folders zipped. How do I unzip all the files in one shot.

I tried unzip -r but it didn't work

Regards, Vikas

@stumblebee Not a duplicate of that question, because he has recursively zipped files. — habs, Apr 19 '18 at 01:11
@stumblebee Yes, but the question is still answerable (see my line below). I was just saying that it's not a duplicate of that question. — habs, Apr 19 '18 at 01:24

habs · Answer 1 · 2018-04-19T04:59:55.273

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Hack solution:

until [ "$(find . -name '*.zip' | wc -l)" = 0 ]; do ZIP="$(find . -name '*.zip' | head -1)"; cd $(dirname "$ZIP") && unzip $(basename "$ZIP") && cd - && mv "$ZIP" "$ZIP.bak"; done

The quoting isn't perfect, so it might not work if you have spaces or other special characters in your directories or zipfiles.

edited Apr 19 '18 at 04:59

answered Apr 19 '18 at 01:15

habs

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You can use until find . -name '*.zip' | grep -q .; do as a simpler (probably more efficient) check. Also, you should quote all the other command substitutions "$(dirname ...)", "$(basename ...)", etc. – muru Apr 19 '18 at 05:25

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