Those of us who download movies or TV series are familiar with the
situation that there are multiple RAR files for a movie or TV series
episode or a game like:
abcd-part1.rar
abcd-part2.rar
abcd-part3.rar
Now, in windows, using winRAR, nothing else is needed to be done to
uncompress and combine the files except for choosing any one file and
give the command 'Extract Here...'. What should I use on Ubuntu /
Linux Mint for this?
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Try this:
find -type f -name '*.rar' -exec unrar x {} \;
find -type f -name '*.rar' -exec unrar x {} \;
It worked. Thanks a lot.
wouldn't "unrar abcd-part1.rar" be simpler? or any specific reason he should use find? just curious :).
Regards,
Tareq Ahmed Siraj
Regards,
Tareq Ahmed Siraj
you can install "RAR" from the add remove , then you can Extract those files
by only clicking the "Extract Here..."
the RAR is almost like a Addon it works with the Default Archive manager.
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by only clicking the "Extract Here..."
the RAR is almost like a Addon it works with the Default Archive manager.
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Yah, it would be simpler if you had only ONE rar file. There is a way to divide a single file into few smaller rar files. Hafiz asked question about those files. I believe you have seen those if you have downloaded big files (eg: movies) from sites like megaupload or rapidshare.
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In that case in splited archive, start Extract the first part by right
button "Extract Here...", rest will do its own. You need not to join the
split RAR first and then extract.
button "Extract Here...", rest will do its own. You need not to join the
split RAR first and then extract.
Rar is good for extracting its own archive. No doubt about that.
But 7-zip is open source and supports many more format including rar.
So I dont use rar anymore. I use 7-zip in both windows and linux.
Use 7-zip. Its really a good alternative.
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But 7-zip is open source and supports many more format including rar.
So I dont use rar anymore. I use 7-zip in both windows and linux.
Use 7-zip. Its really a good alternative.
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7 zip is best for ascii text type file
I have uncompressed the files and combined them [automatically] using
the built in archeive manager in Linux Mint 6. No problem with that
software yet.
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the built in archeive manager in Linux Mint 6. No problem with that
software yet.
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You have "unrar" package installed by default on Linux Mint 6, thats why
your archive manager can uncompress it correctly. But in Ubuntu, you need to
install "unrar" first and then archive manager would able yo uncompress the
RAR files, otherwise not.
your archive manager can uncompress it correctly. But in Ubuntu, you need to
install "unrar" first and then archive manager would able yo uncompress the
RAR files, otherwise not.
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Umm... if youre talking about multi-part rar archives, unrar picks up the rest of the chain of parts if you only give it the first one (at least for my unrar 3.71b does it). find will actully execute unrar for every part the archive has (if it has 10 parts, it will extract the whole thing 10 times) :) ... or I am missing the bigger picture here.
A little correction to my previous response ... i forgot the "x" command for unrar... so it should be:
unrar x abcd.part1.rar
Regards,
Tareq Ahmed Siraj
A little correction to my previous response ... i forgot the "x" command for unrar... so it should be:
unrar x abcd.part1.rar
Regards,
Tareq Ahmed Siraj
The other nine times unrar should fail. Because on multi-part rar
archive, you cannot unrar if you don't start from the first part. So,
find command passes 10 files to unrar individually of which only the
first file will be extracted and the other 9 times it will fail.
However, if unrar is smart enough to find the first part
automatically, then you end up with 10 times unarchiving the same
file.
It is common sense to use only the first file to unarchive because it
is splitted by the rar program itself. And it can remember how did it
split the files. Also in windows you do not double click or 'extract
here' on every single file, do you?
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archive, you cannot unrar if you don't start from the first part. So,
find command passes 10 files to unrar individually of which only the
first file will be extracted and the other 9 times it will fail.
However, if unrar is smart enough to find the first part
automatically, then you end up with 10 times unarchiving the same
file.
It is common sense to use only the first file to unarchive because it
is splitted by the rar program itself. And it can remember how did it
split the files. Also in windows you do not double click or 'extract
here' on every single file, do you?
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Wessex Institute of Technology
Southampton, UK
What is the final decision then? I mean, if I use ubuntu, should I have
to download the RAR addon through synaptic? And then just uncompressing
the first part, I would be able to combine all of the parts?
to download the RAR addon through synaptic? And then just uncompressing
the first part, I would be able to combine all of the parts?
Sorry to interrupt, the package you need to install via Synaptic Manager is
'unrar' not the one 'rar'. 'rar' can compress files in to a RAR acchive but
cannot uncompress and its a non-free shareware. After 40 days, you need to
register to continue using 'rar'. And 'unrar' has no limit.
'unrar' not the one 'rar'. 'rar' can compress files in to a RAR acchive but
cannot uncompress and its a non-free shareware. After 40 days, you need to
register to continue using 'rar'. And 'unrar' has no limit.
lol ... not really. It probably fails under windows ... but under linux, it picks up the first file by itself. So ... its going to do it 10 times for 10 parts. Try it ... its going to ask you if you want to overwrite the file(s) 9 times :).
@Hafiz: if youre more comfortable with nautilus, then you should just use the extension ... i find it faster to work with on the command line :).
tsiraj@morrison: ~/tmp_rar $ unrar x 9761.part2.rar
UNRAR 3.71 beta 1 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2007 Alexander Roshal
Extracting from 9761.part2.rar
Extracting from 9761.part1.rar
Extracting test1.exe
Extracting from 9761.part2.rar
... test1.exe
Extracting from 9761.part3.rar
... test1.exe OK
Extracting test2.exe
Extracting from 9761.part4.rar
... test2.exe
Extracting from 9761.part5.rar
... test2.exe
Extracting from 9761.part6.rar
... test2.exe OK
All OK
Return code: 0
Regards,
Tareq Ahmed Siraj
@Hafiz: if youre more comfortable with nautilus, then you should just use the extension ... i find it faster to work with on the command line :).
tsiraj@morrison: ~/tmp_rar $ unrar x 9761.part2.rar
UNRAR 3.71 beta 1 freeware Copyright (c) 1993-2007 Alexander Roshal
Extracting from 9761.part2.rar
Extracting from 9761.part1.rar
Extracting test1.exe
Extracting from 9761.part2.rar
... test1.exe
Extracting from 9761.part3.rar
... test1.exe OK
Extracting test2.exe
Extracting from 9761.part4.rar
... test2.exe
Extracting from 9761.part5.rar
... test2.exe
Extracting from 9761.part6.rar
... test2.exe OK
All OK
Return code: 0
Regards,
Tareq Ahmed Siraj
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