How To Extract Multiple Folders At Once May 2026

# Sequential for file in *.zip; do unzip "$file" -d "$file%.zip_extracted"; done printf "%s\n" *.zip | xargs -P 4 -I {} unzip {} -d {}.dir

Choose the method that fits your technical comfort and system constraints. | Task | Command / Action | |------|------------------| | Extract all ZIPs in Windows CMD | for %f in (*.zip) do 7z x "%f" -o"%~nf" | | Extract all RARs in Linux | for f in *.rar; do unrar x "$f" "$f%.rar"; done | | Parallel extract (Linux, 4 jobs) | ls *.zip \| xargs -P4 -I{} unzip {} -d {}.out | | macOS extract all TAR.GZ | for f in *.tar.gz; do tar -xzf "$f" -C "$f%.tar.gz"; done | how to extract multiple folders at once

For TAR.GZ / TAR.BZ2: