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bashtargunzip
user3676186
user3676186

Reputation: 29

Pipe to another command bash

I cannot seem to get my bash script to work, i want to pipe the output from the gunzip command to another command but it is not working, can anyone help me?

The gunzip command outputs a tar file that i want to then use the tar command to put back yo the original file. 

# let the user choose what they want to Restore
echo -n "Select the file or directory you want to Restore" 
read Chosendata 

echo -e "Starting Restore"

# unziping files
gunzip ${Chosendata} | tar xvf -                        #Here
# end the restore.
echo -e "Restore complete"

Upvotes: 1

Views: 225

Answers (1)

pacholik
pacholik

Reputation: 8972

Use gunzip -c.

  -c, --stdout      write on standard output, keep original files unchanged

Or tar only: tar -xzf ${Chosendata}.

Upvotes: 4

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