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It appears to have worked perfectly on the live tree but failed on my test tree. I don't have the time to investigate success so:<br />
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Thank you for a very timely, successful answer!<br />
<br />
Bill<br />

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It appears to have worked perfectly on the live tree but failed on my test tree. I don't have the time to investigate success so:

Thank you for a very timely, successful answer!

Bill


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I need to have a script to expand all the .tar/.gx/.bz2 files in a tree.<br />
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I stole a script function to execute the correct expanding programs. Then I tried to pipe filenames to it (with full paths) and that failed complaining that &nbsp;&quot;extract&quot;: No such file or directory. <br />
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Can anyone help me correct my approach?<br />
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&nbsp;<a href="https://filedb.experts-exchange.com/incoming/2010/09_w40/353673/c.sh" target="_blank" class="file-inline" title="Sample script file to expand all compressed files in a tree. (820 bytes)"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 512 512"><path d="M67.508 468.467c-58.005-58.013-58.016-151.92 0-209.943l225.011-225.04c44.643-44.645 117.279-44.645 161.92 0 44.743 44.749 44.753 117.186 0 161.944l-189.465 189.49c-31.41 31.413-82.518 31.412-113.926.001-31.479-31.482-31.49-82.453 0-113.944L311.51 110.491c4.687-4.687 12.286-4.687 16.972 0l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.685 12.283 0 16.969L184.983 304.917c-12.724 12.724-12.73 33.328 0 46.058 12.696 12.697 33.356 12.699 46.054-.001l189.465-189.489c25.987-25.989 25.994-68.06.001-94.056-25.931-25.934-68.119-25.932-94.049 0l-225.01 225.039c-39.249 39.252-39.258 102.795-.001 142.057 39.285 39.29 102.885 39.287 142.162-.028A739446.174 739446.174 0 0 1 439.497 238.49c4.686-4.687 12.282-4.684 16.969.004l16.967 16.971c4.685 4.686 4.689 12.279.004 16.965a755654.128 755654.128 0 0 0-195.881 195.996c-58.034 58.092-152.004 58.093-210.048.041z"/></svg>c.sh</a>
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Sample script file to expand all compressed files in a tree.

c.sh

I need to have a script to expand all the .tar/.gx/.bz2 files in a tree.

I stole a script function to execute the correct expanding programs. Then I tried to pipe filenames to it (with full paths) and that failed complaining that  "extract": No such file or directory. 

Can anyone help me correct my approach?
 
 

build a bash script to untar/unzip all files in a tree.

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