Unrar to folder with same name as archive

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I have a lot of rar files

- Folder/
--- Spain.rar
--- Germany.rar
--- Italy.rar

All the files contains no root folder so it's just files.

What I want to achieve when extracting is this structure:

- Folder/
-- Spain/
---- Spain_file1.txt
---- Spain_file2.txt
-- Germany/
---- Germany_file1.txt
---- Germany_file2.txt
-- Italy/
---- Italy_file1.txt
---- Italy_file2.txt

So that a folder with the name of the archive is created and the archive is extracted to it.

I found this bash example in another thread but it's not working for me, it's trying to create one folder with all the files as name.

#!/bin/bash

for archive in "$(find . -name '*.rar')"; do
 destination="$archive%.rar"
 if [ ! -d "$destination" ] ; then mkdir "$destination"; fi
 unrar e "$archive" "$destination"
done

Any ideas how I can do this?

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up vote
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I have a lot of rar files

- Folder/
--- Spain.rar
--- Germany.rar
--- Italy.rar

All the files contains no root folder so it's just files.

What I want to achieve when extracting is this structure:

- Folder/
-- Spain/
---- Spain_file1.txt
---- Spain_file2.txt
-- Germany/
---- Germany_file1.txt
---- Germany_file2.txt
-- Italy/
---- Italy_file1.txt
---- Italy_file2.txt

So that a folder with the name of the archive is created and the archive is extracted to it.

I found this bash example in another thread but it's not working for me, it's trying to create one folder with all the files as name.

#!/bin/bash

for archive in "$(find . -name '*.rar')"; do
 destination="$archive%.rar"
 if [ ! -d "$destination" ] ; then mkdir "$destination"; fi
 unrar e "$archive" "$destination"
done

Any ideas how I can do this?

edited 2 hours ago

Gilles

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asked 3 hours ago

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up vote
4
down vote

favorite

I have a lot of rar files

- Folder/
--- Spain.rar
--- Germany.rar
--- Italy.rar

All the files contains no root folder so it's just files.

What I want to achieve when extracting is this structure:

- Folder/
-- Spain/
---- Spain_file1.txt
---- Spain_file2.txt
-- Germany/
---- Germany_file1.txt
---- Germany_file2.txt
-- Italy/
---- Italy_file1.txt
---- Italy_file2.txt

So that a folder with the name of the archive is created and the archive is extracted to it.

I found this bash example in another thread but it's not working for me, it's trying to create one folder with all the files as name.

#!/bin/bash

for archive in "$(find . -name '*.rar')"; do
 destination="$archive%.rar"
 if [ ! -d "$destination" ] ; then mkdir "$destination"; fi
 unrar e "$archive" "$destination"
done

Any ideas how I can do this?

edited 2 hours ago

Gilles

515k12210241553

asked 3 hours ago

Dennis Wiencken

235

New contributor

I have a lot of rar files

- Folder/
--- Spain.rar
--- Germany.rar
--- Italy.rar

All the files contains no root folder so it's just files.

What I want to achieve when extracting is this structure:

- Folder/
-- Spain/
---- Spain_file1.txt
---- Spain_file2.txt
-- Germany/
---- Germany_file1.txt
---- Germany_file2.txt
-- Italy/
---- Italy_file1.txt
---- Italy_file2.txt

So that a folder with the name of the archive is created and the archive is extracted to it.

I found this bash example in another thread but it's not working for me, it's trying to create one folder with all the files as name.

#!/bin/bash

for archive in "$(find . -name '*.rar')"; do
 destination="$archive%.rar"
 if [ ! -d "$destination" ] ; then mkdir "$destination"; fi
 unrar e "$archive" "$destination"
done

Any ideas how I can do this?

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I have a script in my personal archive that does exactly this. More precisely, it extracts e.g. Spain.rar to a new directory called Spain, except that if all the files in Spain.rar are already under the same top-level directory, then this top-level directory is kept.

#!/bin/sh

# Extract the archive $1 to a directory $2 with the program $3. If the
# archive contains a single top-level directory, that directory
# becomes $2. Otherwise $2 contains all the files at the root of the
# archive.
extract () (
 set -e
 archive=$1
 case "$archive" in
 -) :;; # read from stdin
 /*) :;; # already an absolute path
 *) archive=$PWD/$archive;; # make absolute path
 esac
 target=$2
 program=$3
 if [ -e "$target" ]; then
 echo >&2 "Target $target already exists, aborting."
 return 3
 fi
 case "$target" in
 /*) parent=$target%/*;;
 */[!/]*) parent=$PWD/$target%/*;;
 *) parent=$PWD;;
 esac
 temp=$(TMPDIR="$parent" mktemp -d)
 (cd "$temp" && $program "$archive")
 root=
 for member in "$temp/"* "$temp/".*; do
 case "$member" in */.|*/..) continue;; esac
 if [ -n "$root" ] || ! [ -d "$member" ]; then
 root=$temp # There are multiple files or there is a non-directory
 break
 fi
 root="$member"
 done
 if [ -z "$root" ]; then
 # Empty archive
 root=$temp
 fi
 mv -v -- "$root" "$target"
 if [ "$root" != "$temp" ]; then
 rmdir "$temp"
 fi
)

# Extract the archive $1.
process () *.tbz2) program="tar -xf";;
 *.tar.gz

for x in "$@"; do
 process "$x"
done

Usage (after installing this script in your $PATH under the name extract and making it executable):

extract Folder/*.rar

edited 1 hour ago

answered 2 hours ago

Gilles

515k12210241553

This looks pretty awesome and I think this is what I need. But I am having trouble getting it to work. There seems to be something wrong with the way unrar is being called. When I run it, I get the usage example. It creates a lot of tmp folders but the extractions fails. What version of unrar did you use this on?
â€“Â Dennis Wiencken
1 hour ago

@DennisWiencken Evidently I'd never tried this version with anything but zip. Try my fixed version.
â€“Â Gilles
1 hour ago

Works like a charm now! Thank you for the help!
â€“Â Dennis Wiencken
28 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

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#!/bin/sh

# Extract the archive $1 to a directory $2 with the program $3. If the
# archive contains a single top-level directory, that directory
# becomes $2. Otherwise $2 contains all the files at the root of the
# archive.
extract () (
 set -e
 archive=$1
 case "$archive" in
 -) :;; # read from stdin
 /*) :;; # already an absolute path
 *) archive=$PWD/$archive;; # make absolute path
 esac
 target=$2
 program=$3
 if [ -e "$target" ]; then
 echo >&2 "Target $target already exists, aborting."
 return 3
 fi
 case "$target" in
 /*) parent=$target%/*;;
 */[!/]*) parent=$PWD/$target%/*;;
 *) parent=$PWD;;
 esac
 temp=$(TMPDIR="$parent" mktemp -d)
 (cd "$temp" && $program "$archive")
 root=
 for member in "$temp/"* "$temp/".*; do
 case "$member" in */.|*/..) continue;; esac
 if [ -n "$root" ] || ! [ -d "$member" ]; then
 root=$temp # There are multiple files or there is a non-directory
 break
 fi
 root="$member"
 done
 if [ -z "$root" ]; then
 # Empty archive
 root=$temp
 fi
 mv -v -- "$root" "$target"
 if [ "$root" != "$temp" ]; then
 rmdir "$temp"
 fi
)

# Extract the archive $1.
process () *.tbz2) program="tar -xf";;
 *.tar.gz

for x in "$@"; do
 process "$x"
done

Usage (after installing this script in your $PATH under the name extract and making it executable):

extract Folder/*.rar

edited 1 hour ago

answered 2 hours ago

Gilles

515k12210241553

This looks pretty awesome and I think this is what I need. But I am having trouble getting it to work. There seems to be something wrong with the way unrar is being called. When I run it, I get the usage example. It creates a lot of tmp folders but the extractions fails. What version of unrar did you use this on?
â€“Â Dennis Wiencken
1 hour ago

@DennisWiencken Evidently I'd never tried this version with anything but zip. Try my fixed version.
â€“Â Gilles
1 hour ago

Works like a charm now! Thank you for the help!
â€“Â Dennis Wiencken
28 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
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#!/bin/sh

# Extract the archive $1 to a directory $2 with the program $3. If the
# archive contains a single top-level directory, that directory
# becomes $2. Otherwise $2 contains all the files at the root of the
# archive.
extract () (
 set -e
 archive=$1
 case "$archive" in
 -) :;; # read from stdin
 /*) :;; # already an absolute path
 *) archive=$PWD/$archive;; # make absolute path
 esac
 target=$2
 program=$3
 if [ -e "$target" ]; then
 echo >&2 "Target $target already exists, aborting."
 return 3
 fi
 case "$target" in
 /*) parent=$target%/*;;
 */[!/]*) parent=$PWD/$target%/*;;
 *) parent=$PWD;;
 esac
 temp=$(TMPDIR="$parent" mktemp -d)
 (cd "$temp" && $program "$archive")
 root=
 for member in "$temp/"* "$temp/".*; do
 case "$member" in */.|*/..) continue;; esac
 if [ -n "$root" ] || ! [ -d "$member" ]; then
 root=$temp # There are multiple files or there is a non-directory
 break
 fi
 root="$member"
 done
 if [ -z "$root" ]; then
 # Empty archive
 root=$temp
 fi
 mv -v -- "$root" "$target"
 if [ "$root" != "$temp" ]; then
 rmdir "$temp"
 fi
)

# Extract the archive $1.
process () *.tbz2) program="tar -xf";;
 *.tar.gz

for x in "$@"; do
 process "$x"
done

Usage (after installing this script in your $PATH under the name extract and making it executable):

extract Folder/*.rar

edited 1 hour ago

answered 2 hours ago

Gilles

515k12210241553

This looks pretty awesome and I think this is what I need. But I am having trouble getting it to work. There seems to be something wrong with the way unrar is being called. When I run it, I get the usage example. It creates a lot of tmp folders but the extractions fails. What version of unrar did you use this on?
â€“Â Dennis Wiencken
1 hour ago

@DennisWiencken Evidently I'd never tried this version with anything but zip. Try my fixed version.
â€“Â Gilles
1 hour ago

Works like a charm now! Thank you for the help!
â€“Â Dennis Wiencken
28 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

up vote
3
down vote

accepted

#!/bin/sh

# Extract the archive $1 to a directory $2 with the program $3. If the
# archive contains a single top-level directory, that directory
# becomes $2. Otherwise $2 contains all the files at the root of the
# archive.
extract () (
 set -e
 archive=$1
 case "$archive" in
 -) :;; # read from stdin
 /*) :;; # already an absolute path
 *) archive=$PWD/$archive;; # make absolute path
 esac
 target=$2
 program=$3
 if [ -e "$target" ]; then
 echo >&2 "Target $target already exists, aborting."
 return 3
 fi
 case "$target" in
 /*) parent=$target%/*;;
 */[!/]*) parent=$PWD/$target%/*;;
 *) parent=$PWD;;
 esac
 temp=$(TMPDIR="$parent" mktemp -d)
 (cd "$temp" && $program "$archive")
 root=
 for member in "$temp/"* "$temp/".*; do
 case "$member" in */.|*/..) continue;; esac
 if [ -n "$root" ] || ! [ -d "$member" ]; then
 root=$temp # There are multiple files or there is a non-directory
 break
 fi
 root="$member"
 done
 if [ -z "$root" ]; then
 # Empty archive
 root=$temp
 fi
 mv -v -- "$root" "$target"
 if [ "$root" != "$temp" ]; then
 rmdir "$temp"
 fi
)

# Extract the archive $1.
process () *.tbz2) program="tar -xf";;
 *.tar.gz

for x in "$@"; do
 process "$x"
done

Usage (after installing this script in your $PATH under the name extract and making it executable):

extract Folder/*.rar

edited 1 hour ago

answered 2 hours ago

Gilles

515k12210241553

#!/bin/sh

# Extract the archive $1 to a directory $2 with the program $3. If the
# archive contains a single top-level directory, that directory
# becomes $2. Otherwise $2 contains all the files at the root of the
# archive.
extract () (
 set -e
 archive=$1
 case "$archive" in
 -) :;; # read from stdin
 /*) :;; # already an absolute path
 *) archive=$PWD/$archive;; # make absolute path
 esac
 target=$2
 program=$3
 if [ -e "$target" ]; then
 echo >&2 "Target $target already exists, aborting."
 return 3
 fi
 case "$target" in
 /*) parent=$target%/*;;
 */[!/]*) parent=$PWD/$target%/*;;
 *) parent=$PWD;;
 esac
 temp=$(TMPDIR="$parent" mktemp -d)
 (cd "$temp" && $program "$archive")
 root=
 for member in "$temp/"* "$temp/".*; do
 case "$member" in */.|*/..) continue;; esac
 if [ -n "$root" ] || ! [ -d "$member" ]; then
 root=$temp # There are multiple files or there is a non-directory
 break
 fi
 root="$member"
 done
 if [ -z "$root" ]; then
 # Empty archive
 root=$temp
 fi
 mv -v -- "$root" "$target"
 if [ "$root" != "$temp" ]; then
 rmdir "$temp"
 fi
)

# Extract the archive $1.
process () *.tbz2) program="tar -xf";;
 *.tar.gz

for x in "$@"; do
 process "$x"
done

Usage (after installing this script in your $PATH under the name extract and making it executable):

extract Folder/*.rar

edited 1 hour ago

answered 2 hours ago

Gilles

515k12210241553

edited 1 hour ago

answered 2 hours ago

Gilles

515k12210241553

answered 2 hours ago

Gilles

515k12210241553

answered 2 hours ago

Gilles

515k12210241553

This looks pretty awesome and I think this is what I need. But I am having trouble getting it to work. There seems to be something wrong with the way unrar is being called. When I run it, I get the usage example. It creates a lot of tmp folders but the extractions fails. What version of unrar did you use this on?
â€“Â Dennis Wiencken
1 hour ago

@DennisWiencken Evidently I'd never tried this version with anything but zip. Try my fixed version.
â€“Â Gilles
1 hour ago

Works like a charm now! Thank you for the help!
â€“Â Dennis Wiencken
28 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

This looks pretty awesome and I think this is what I need. But I am having trouble getting it to work. There seems to be something wrong with the way unrar is being called. When I run it, I get the usage example. It creates a lot of tmp folders but the extractions fails. What version of unrar did you use this on?
â€“Â Dennis Wiencken
1 hour ago

@DennisWiencken Evidently I'd never tried this version with anything but zip. Try my fixed version.
â€“Â Gilles
1 hour ago

Works like a charm now! Thank you for the help!
â€“Â Dennis Wiencken
28 mins ago

This looks pretty awesome and I think this is what I need. But I am having trouble getting it to work. There seems to be something wrong with the way unrar is being called. When I run it, I get the usage example. It creates a lot of tmp folders but the extractions fails. What version of unrar did you use this on?
â€“Â Dennis Wiencken
1 hour ago

@DennisWiencken Evidently I'd never tried this version with anything but zip. Try my fixed version.
â€“Â Gilles
1 hour ago

Works like a charm now! Thank you for the help!
â€“Â Dennis Wiencken
28 mins ago

add a commentÂ |Â

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