> On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 07:28:11PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This is in the "There has to be an easy way to do this" category- > > > > I have a directory which contains several subdirectories, each of which > > contains over 100 subdirectories, each of which contains at least one *.tar.gz file. <sniop> > > Any ideas?
Yup. cd to the top directory of that structure, and find . -name \*.tar.gz -exec tar zxvf {} \; ought to do it. mark -- Certified lunatics are shut up because of their proneness to violence when their pretensions are questioned; the uncertified variety are given the control of powerful armies, and can inflict death and disaster upon all sane men within their reach. --Bertrand Russell, Power [1938] ch.16 -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list