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Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 01:19:08 -0600
From: Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To: jahanur <jahanur@jjsoft.com>
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Subject: Re: How do I untar multiple *.tar files?
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In the last episode (Jan 02), jahanur said:
> Hi Everybody,
> I am new to Unix.
> 
> Is there any command to untar a lot of *.tar files at one command.
> 
> I have tried doing #tar xv *.* /cdrom/dir/ 
> 
> It does not work. Please help!

Under Unix, wildcards are expanded before the command is executed.  Try
this (if you're using a sh-based shell):

cd /destination
for i in /cdrom/dir/*.tar ; do tar xv $i ; done

	-Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com

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