tar (child): *.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
How can I extract multiple *.tar.gz files in directory using Linux or Unix-shell prompt?
Linux or Unix-like system use the tar command to list, test, or extract files from a tar ball archive, commonly found on Unix-like systems.
The problem with multiple tarballs files on Linux/Unix
Assuming that you have four file in the current directory as follows:
- conf.tar.gz
- mysql.tar.gz
- www.tar.gz
Let us verify it with the ls command $ ls
Sample outputs:
conf.tar.gz mysql.tar.gz www.tar.gz
To untar all *.tar.gz file, enter:
$ tar xvf *.gz
OR
$ tar -zxvf *.tar.gz
OR
$ tar xvf "*.gz"
OR
$ tar -zxvf '*.gz'
Sample outputs:
Fig.01: Extract multiple .tar.gz files
Method #1: Untar multiple tarballs using bash for loop
Use the bash for loop as follows:
for f in *.tar.gz; do tar xf "$f"; done
OR
for f in *.tar.gz; do tar -xvf "$f"; done
OR
for f in *.tgz; do tar -xzvf "$f"; done
OR
for f in *.tar.bz2; do tar -xvf "$f"; done
OR
for f in *.tar.bz2; do tar -xjvf "$f"; done
OR
for f in *.tar.xz; do tar -xvf "$f"; done
OR
for f in *.tar.xz; do tar -xvJf "$f"; done
Verify it:
ls
Sample outputs:
conf.tar.gz etc home mysql.tar.gz root www.tar.gz
Method #2: Untar multiple tarballs using bash/sh/ksh pipes
The syntax is:
cat *.tar.gz | tar zxvf - -i
cat *.tgz | tar zxvf - -i
cat *.tar.xz | tar Jxvf - -i
cat *.tar.bz2 | tar jxvf - -i
Sample outputs:
etc/mysql/ etc/mysql/ssl/ etc/mysql/ssl/server-req.pem etc/mysql/ssl/ca-key.pem etc/mysql/ssl/client-key.pem etc/mysql/ssl/server-key.pem etc/mysql/ssl/server-cert.pem etc/mysql/ssl/client-cert.pem etc/mysql/ssl/client-req.pem etc/mysql/ssl/ca-cert.pem etc/mysql/conf.d/ etc/mysql/conf.d/mysql.cnf etc/mysql/conf.d/mysqldump.cnf etc/mysql/my.cnf.fallback etc/mysql/my.cnf etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/ etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-client.cnf etc/mysql/mariadb.conf.d/50-mysql-clients.cnf ..... ... ..
The -i option force the tar command to ignore zeroed blocks in archive (EOF). This is needed if you are using method #2.
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gzip -dc file.tar.gz | tar xvf -Method #3:
ls *tar.gz | xargs -n 1 tar -zxvfMethod #4:
ls *.tar.gz | xargs -IH tar xvf HI very new with linux… i using 7zip at window to do unpack the tar file using this following batch script… How to convert it to use in linux bash? I’m noticed that linux dose not require 7zip..
@ECHO ON set SEVENZIP_EXE=C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe set INPUT_FOLDER=D:\TAR3 set OUTPUT_FOLDER=E:\OUT FOR /F "TOKENS=*" %%F IN ('DIR /S /B "%INPUT_FOLDER%\*.tar"') DO "%SEVENZIP_EXE%" x "%%~fF" -o"%OUTPUT_FOLDER%" %%~nF\JPG\ PAUSETry:
#!/bin/bash INPUT=/path/to/input_dir OUTPUT=/path/to/output_dir for f in ${INPUT}/*tar do tar -xvf "$f" -C "${OUTPUT}" done