1. Installation#
Install 7zip#
sudo apt install p7zip-full
Install unrar#
sudo apt install rar unrar
# If the above command fails to install, you can manually install it
sudo wget https://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-x64-700b2.tar.gz
sudo tar -zxvf rarlinux-x64-700b2.tar.gz
sudo cp rar/rar rar/unrar /usr/local/bin
2. Usage#
Extract 7z files#
# Extract to current directory
7z x compressed.7z
# Extract to same name directory
7z x compressed.7z -o*
# Extract to specified directory
7z x compressed.7z -o/path/to/dest
# Extract encrypted archive
7z x compressed.7z -pPASSWORD
Extract zip files#
7zip can also be used to extract zip files, usage is the same as above.
Extract rar files#
# Extract to current directory
unrar x compressed.rar
# Extract to specified directory
unrar x compressed.rar /path/to/dest
# Extract encrypted archive
unrar x compressed.rar -pPASSWORD
3. Batch extraction#
Use the find command to perform batch extraction
find /path/to/folder -name "*.7z" -exec 7z x {} \;
find /path/to/folder -name "*.zip" -exec 7z x {} \;
find /path/to/folder -name "*.rar" -exec unrar x {} \;
# Extract all archives in current directory to same name folder
find -name "*.7z" -exec 7z x {} -o* \;
find -name "*.zip" -exec 7z x {} -o* \;
find -name "*.rar" -exec sh -c 'mkdir -p "$(basename "{}" .rar)" && unrar x "{}" "$(basename "{}" .rar)"' \;