find . -name "*.zip" -exec unzip -d "$(dirname "{}")" "{}" \; find . -name "*.zip" -exec unzip "{}" \; Extract into named folders for f in **/*.zip; do unzip "$f" -d "$f%.*"; done Fast (Parallel) extraction `find . -name "*.zip"
If you prefer a readable script or want more control over the process, a for loop combined with globstar (if using Bash 4.0+) is a great alternative. unzip all files in subfolders linux
shopt -s globstar for f in **/*.zip; do unzip "$f" -d "$f%.*" done Use code with caution. -name "*
How to Unzip All Files in Subfolders on Linux Managing compressed archives is a daily task for Linux users, but things get tricky when you have dozens of .zip files scattered across multiple subdirectories. Manually navigating to each folder to extract them is inefficient. Manually navigating to each folder to extract them
If your folders or zip files have spaces (e.g., My Documents/Project A.zip ), the standard find command might break. Always use around the {} placeholders as shown in the examples above to ensure Linux treats the filename as a single string. Overwriting Existing Files
find . -name "*.zip" -print0 | xargs -0 -I {} -P 4 unzip "{}" -d "$(dirname "{}")" Use code with caution.
-P 4 : This tells Linux to run 4 extraction processes simultaneously. Common Troubleshooting Tips "Command 'unzip' not found"