Unrar specific files using wildcards

Question

I want to extract only a specific file type using unrar.

With unzip command I can extract all archives with a specific extension.

unzip "$FileName" *[.txt,.TXT]

How can I do the same with unrar? Do I need to iterate through every file?

@SatoKatsura Does it work for both types? Some people capitalize extensions. I guess for now I'll lower-case the extension variable. — DarkXDroid, Jul 01 '16 at 05:47
There are switches to change names to lower or upper case. Maybe they are applied before matching. — Satō Katsura, Jul 01 '16 at 05:50
I guess it's better to lower-case if I want to extract multiple formats. Thanks — DarkXDroid, Jul 01 '16 at 17:30

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 04 '18 at 12:37

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unrar x "$FileName" \*.txt \*.TXT

In bash you can also use:

unrar x "$FileName" \*.{txt,TXT}

Bash transforms this to the former form.

answered Apr 04 '18 at 12:37

user2683246

Just what I was looking for. I give my thanks cheers – DarkXDroid Jun 13 '18 at 21:27

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