Unrar TV show packs

Posted on by

We all download TV shows, there is no use denying it. I recently got pointed in the directory of a rather funny show called The Big Bang Theory. I grabbed the first episode of season 1, saw what I liked, then grabbed the entire season 1 pack.

17 episodes, each in their own folder in .rar files.
What a pain in the ass!

Instead of clicking away at each RAR file individually, I put together a little bash script to do the work for me which I’ve called unrar_all.

#!/bin/bash
#
# Script to unrar season packs of TV shows
# Put it in the directory containing all the directorys
#
# eg.
#       Big_Bang_Theory.1x01.Pilot.DVDRip_XviD-FoV/
#       Big_Bang_Theory.1x02.The_Big_Bran_Hypothesis.DVDRip_XviD-FoV/
#       Big_Bang_Theory.1x03.The_Fuzzy_Boots_Corollary.DVDRip_XviD-FoV/
#       unrar_all
 
 
find . -type d -print | while read i
        do pushd .
        cd $i
                unset partrar
                partrar=`find . -name *part01.rar`
                if [ -n "$partrar" ]; then
                unrar e *part01.rar
                mv *.avi ../
                popd
        else
                unrar e *.rar
                mv *.avi ../
                popd
        fi
done

This script requires unrar from RARLabs.

7 thoughts on “Unrar TV show packs”

  1. Pingback: mathiaswiberg.se » unrar bashscript

  3. I like to watch Veronica Mars episodes as well Lost. I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

    Reply ↓

  5. Here’s my one line equivalent as I’m even lazier this command is usually in my bash history I can just rerun it with !xxx

    for i in */*.rar; do if [[ $i == *part*rar ]]; then if [[ $i == *part*01.rar ]]; then unrar x “$i”; fi; else unrar x “$i”; fi done

    Good seeing u at ruxcon dude 🙂

    PS damnit now I need to change my blogsite wordpress theme.

    Reply ↓

  6. I just stumbled over this website when trying to find an easy way to unpack my tv shows, but I have no experience with bash scripts. So how can I turn this script into an executable that could be launched from my folder? If it’s too much of a bother, I’ll go somewhere else 🙂

    Reply ↓

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

CAPTCHA Image

*

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.