7z Bulk Extractor

This shell script is designed to automate the process of extracting .7z files within a directory and then deleting the source .7z files upon successful extraction.

Prerequisites

Before running this script, you must have p7zip-full installed on your system. This package provides the command-line utility 7z which is essential for the script to function.

Installing p7zip-full on Debian/Ubuntu:

Open a terminal and enter the following commands:

sudo apt update
sudo apt install p7zip-full

Verifying Installation

Run 7z in the terminal. If the output displays information about 7z usage, the installation was successful.

Usage

1. Clone the repository or download the extract7z.sh script to the local directory containing your .7z files.

2. Give execution permissions to the script:

chmod +x extract7z.sh

3. Execute the script:

./extract7z.sh

The script will loop through each .7z file in the directory and perform the following actions:

• Extract the contents of the .7z file into the current directory.
• If the extraction is successful, delete the original .7z file.

Warning

This script will permanently delete the .7z files after extraction. Ensure that you have backups of your data or are certain that the files can be safely removed.

License

This script is released under the MIT License. See LICENSE file for more details.