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I've 4 folder & inside each of them, there're a folder XML that contain zip files & some folders with zip files

All of the zip files contains files in XML format

/A/XML/:
  BDL_DCR_20170216.zip
  BDL_BPR_20170218.zip
  .
  .
/A/XML/zipped:
  BDL_CPR_20170221.zip
  BDL_BPR_20170220.zip
  .
  .

/B/XML/:
  BDL_DCR_20170216.zip
  BDL_BPR_20170218.zip
  .
  .
/B/XML/20170221/:
  BDL_DCR_20170216.zip
  BDL_BPR_20170218.zip
  .
  .
/B/XML/zipped/:      BDL_DCR_20170216.zip
  BDL_BPR_20170218.zip
  .
  .

the rest with similar pattern

`/C/XML-20170221, *.zip`

`/D/XML-20170221, 20170220, 20170219`

I wanted to unzip all of it & save it to some directory X

I tried to unzip one of it by:

find /home/A/XML -type f -name "*.zip" | unzip /home/A/XML/*

& got the following error:

Archive:  /home/A/BDL_XM_20170221.zip
caution: filename not matched:  /home/A/XML/ZIPPED
caution: filename not matched:  /home/A/XML/20170221.zip

I'm thinking maybe there's something wrong with unzip /home/A/XML/* cause in simple case is unzip /home/A/XML/*.zip

Can anyone suggest how can I unzip all of the folders one shot? How can I unzip all the zip files & the folders with zip files?

Thanks a lot, appreciate your help :)

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  • I don't understand your folder structure. Can you provide the actual output from ls -l in the relevant directories (truncate it, if there are too many lines).
    – EightBitTony
    Commented Feb 21, 2017 at 9:26
  • @EightBitTony Thanks for raising the question, I've edited my questions. Pls have a look.
    – Juliet.Y
    Commented Feb 21, 2017 at 9:40

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Untested but try

find /home/A/XML -type f -name "*.zip" -exec unzip '{}' -d /target/path \;

Someone will be along in a bit to remind me to use xargs instead.

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  • Quite the opposite: the basic rule of xargs is, use -exec instead.
    – Gilles 'SO- stop being evil'
    Commented Feb 21, 2017 at 23:23
  • The code is working fine :) Thanks alot. I saw some people used -execdir instead, what is the different?
    – Juliet.Y
    Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 2:11
  • -execdir changes the working directory to the one in which the file is located before executing the command, -exec doesn't. The implications and uses might be worth a full answer rather than a comment - in which case, feel free to ask a new full question asking about the differences with your specific example above.
    – EightBitTony
    Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 13:38
  • @Gilles thanks, I went a did a bit more reading, I was sure the advice a few years ago was xargs by preference, but looks like I was mistaken!
    – EightBitTony
    Commented Feb 22, 2017 at 13:40

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