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unzip all files in subfolders linux
unzip all files in subfolders linux
unzip all files in subfolders linux

Linux - Unzip All Files In Subfolders

Subject: Unzipping success!

Dear Alex,

find . -type f -name "*.zip" -exec unzip {} -d {}_unzip \; This command recursively found all zip files and unzipped them into their respective subfolders. Let me know if you need any further assistance. unzip all files in subfolders linux

cd /path/to/parent/directory First, he wanted to see the structure of the directory and understand how many subfolders and zip files he was dealing with. Subject: Unzipping success

After some more research, John discovered the perfect one-liner: Let me know if you need any further assistance

find . -type f -name "*.zip" This command found all files with the .zip extension in the current directory and its subdirectories. John then piped the output to xargs , which would execute unzip for each file found:

John ran the command, and it worked like magic! All zip files in the subfolders were unzipped into their respective directories. He verified the results and sent a triumphant email to Alex:

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