Extract a number of zip and rar archives

sudo apt-get install unzip unrar

for x in *.zip; do unzip -o "$x" -d "${x//\.zip}" ; done

for x in *.rar; do unrar x "$x" ; done

Sources:

1. How to unzip multiple files (encrypted) in a directory. — The UNIX and Linux Forums
2. bash replace all matches of regex substring in string

Tags

[bash] [archive]