Extracting multiple archives in one command with 7z yields "No files to process"
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Extracting multiple files with
7z
effectively fails. Individually the archives extract without errors. I don't do this very often but my memory and searches indicate that 7z x *.rar -o*
*should* work. Same behavior with version 25.01 and the e
command.
~/
❯ 7z x *.rar
7-Zip 24.09 (x64) : Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Igor Pavlov : 2024-11-29
64-bit locale=en_US.UTF-8 Threads:20 OPEN_MAX:1024, ASM
Scanning the drive for archives:
1 file, 306847330 bytes (293 MiB)
Extracting archive: a.rar
--
Path = a.rar
Type = Rar5
Physical Size = 306847330
Characteristics = Locator QuickOpen:306845854
Encrypted = -
Solid = -
Blocks = 16
Method = v6:128K:m0
Multivolume = -
Volumes = 1
No files to process
Everything is Ok
Files: 0
Size: 0
Compressed: 306847330
~/
❯ ls
a.rar b.rar c.rar
~/
❯ 7z x a.rar -o*
7-Zip 24.09 (x64) : Copyright (c) 1999-2024 Igor Pavlov : 2024-11-29
64-bit locale=en_US.UTF-8 Threads:20 OPEN_MAX:1024, ASM
Scanning the drive for archives:
1 file, 306847330 bytes (293 MiB)
Extracting archive: a.rar
--
Path = a.rar
Type = Rar5
Physical Size = 306847330
Characteristics = Locator QuickOpen:306845854
Encrypted = -
Solid = -
Blocks = 16
Method = v6:128K:m0
Multivolume = -
Volumes = 1
Everything is Ok
Files: 16
Size: 306844571
Compressed: 306847330
~/
❯ ls
a a.rar b.rar c.rar
Asked by redmaw
(123 rep)
Aug 11, 2025, 04:00 AM
Last activity: Aug 11, 2025, 06:41 AM
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