Extract only files with specific extension via bash

Question

For a first time I need to create an .sh for do something. My aim is to unzip a lot of zip folders, so I've wrote the script below:

for zipfiles in /downloads/*.zip; do unzip $zipfiles; done

I can unzip all but I noticed that there are some files with the same name and typing y I can ultimate the process.

There is a way to extract only files with a specific extension, like .docx, instead of the entire zip folder? I'm absolutely sure that there aren't .docx with the same name.

Sidenote: [variables should almost always be quoted in Bash to avoid word splitting and globbing](/a/10067297/4518341), so: `unzip "$zipfiles"`. — wjandrea, Jan 06 '22 at 19:46

konsolebox · Accepted Answer · 2022-01-06T19:53:47.637

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You can specify a pattern:

for zipfiles in /downloads/*.zip; do unzip "$zipfiles" '*.docx'; done

Tested to work with UnZip 6.00.

You can also specify the -x option to exclude.

edited Jan 06 '22 at 19:53

answered Jan 06 '22 at 19:45

konsolebox

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 07 '22 at 08:09

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try this one, it can be useful for your purpose.

for zipfiles in /downloads/*.zip; do unzip -xo "$zipfiles" '*.docx' ; done

by this option overwrite files WITHOUT prompting.

answered Jan 07 '22 at 08:09

rezshar

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Extract only files with specific extension via bash

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