aminjam/unpack

Recursively extract files

unpack

Recursively extract files

Install

1. Download the required release:
   • https://github.com/stephendotcarter/unpack/releases
2. Make the unpack binary executable and move it to your PATH:

   chmod +x ./unpack-darwin
   sudo mv ./unpack-darwin /usr/local/bin/unpack
   

3. You should now be able to use unpack:

   unpack
   v1.0
   Usage: unpack <file>...
   

Usage

• Here is an example compressed file

  $ tar -tf mydata.tgz
  subdir1.tar.gz
  subdir2.zip
  

• Run unpack:

  $ unpack mydata.tgz
  Unpacking "mydata.tgz"
  + mydata.tgz
  + subdir1.tar.gz
  + subdir2.zip
  

• View the extracted files:

  $ find .
  .
  ./mydata.tgz
  ./mydata
  ./mydata/subdir1.tar.gz
  ./mydata/subdir1
  ./mydata/subdir1/file2.txt
  ./mydata/subdir1/file1.txt
  ./mydata/subdir2.zip
  ./mydata/subdir2
  ./mydata/subdir2/data3.dat
  ./mydata/subdir2/data4.csv