====== Unpack all RAR archive files in a directory tree ======

I use the following shell script to unpack all RAR files in a directory and all subdirectories. The script supports both the old and new RAR naming conventions (both .rar, .r00, .r01, ... AND .partXX.rar styles).

<code bash>
#!/bin/bash

set -e

archives="rar partrar"

unpack_rar() {
  name=`echo "$1" | egrep '^.*[.]rar$' | egrep -v "[.]part[0-9]+[.]"`
  if [ ! -z "$name" ]; then
    basename=`echo "$name" | sed 's/\.rar$//g'`
    basetrunc=`basename "$basename"`
    dirname=`dirname "$name"`
    rar x -vy "$name" "$dirname" && find "$dirname" -regextype posix-egrep -regex ".*$basetrunc.*.r(ar|[0-9]+)\$" -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 rm -f
  else
    return 1
  fi
  return 0
}

unpack_partrar() {
  name=`echo "$1" | egrep '^.*[.]part0+1[.]rar$'`
  if [ ! -z "$name" ]; then
    basename=`echo "$name" | sed 's/\.part0\+1\.rar$//g'`
    basetrunc=`basename "$basename"`
    dirname=`dirname "$name"`
    rar x -vy "$name" "$dirname" && find "$dirname" -regextype posix-egrep -regex ".*$basetrunc.*.rar\$" -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 rm -f
  else
    return 1
  fi
  return 0
}

find . | while read file; do
    for arc in $archives; do
        unpack="unpack_$arc"
        $unpack "$file" && break
    done
done
</code>

{{tag>util rar bash}}

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