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Hi all, first post. I know this has been broached before and I nearly have it down myself but I just can't figure the last step.

Basically, this is what I have:
~/directory1/subdirectory1/*.rar
~/directory1/subdirectory2/*.rar
~/directory2/subdirectory1/*.rar
etc..

I want to be able to extract all the rar files while keeping the file structure but moving all of the contents into an "unrared" directory. EG:
~/unrared/directory1/subdirectory1/extracted.files
~/unrared/directory1/subdirectory2/extracted.files
~/unrared/directory2/subdirectory1/extracted.files

So far I have this:


This will move the extracted files into the new directory, but will not keep the file structure.

I was thinking that I could move the files to the new structure first and then delete the archives as I extract them, but I would prefer not to as I am working with large amounts of data.


EDIT: you may be able to tell that I'm pretty much a beginner, so please go easy

Yep, perfect (changing jpg to rar of course ). Thanks for your help.

Heh, sorry. I did not have any rar files handy, so tried on jpegs and forgot to switch back