For TAR.GZ / TAR.BZ2:
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 %%f in (*.zip *.rar *.7z) do ( echo Extracting %%f ... "C:\Program Files\7-Zip\7z.exe" x "%%f" -o"%DEST_DIR%%%~nf" if !errorlevel! equ 0 (echo Success: %%f) else (echo FAILED: %%f) ) echo Done. pause Batch extraction of multiple folders (compressed archives) is straightforward once you move beyond the basic OS file manager. For most users, 7-Zip’s right-click selection works perfectly for occasional batches. For large-scale or repeated tasks, command-line loops offer speed and automation. Parallel extraction is powerful but should be used only on modern SSDs with sufficient RAM. For TAR
@echo off setlocal enabledelayedexpansion set DEST_DIR="Extracted_All" mkdir %DEST_DIR% 2>nul equ 0 (echo Success: %%f) else (echo FAILED:
# Sequential for file in *.zip; do unzip "$file" -d "$file%.zip_extracted"; done printf "%s\n" *.zip | xargs -P 4 -I {} unzip {} -d {}.dir
sudo apt install unrar # Debian/Ubuntu brew install unrar # macOS for file in *.rar; do unrar x "$file" "$file%.rar/"; done
For RAR files (requires unrar ):