Extract tgz files in python

import os, sys, tarfile

def extract(tar_url, extract_path='.'):
    print tar_url
    tar = tarfile.open(tar_url, 'r')
    for item in tar:
        tar.extract(item, extract_path)
        if item.name.find(".tgz") != -1 or item.name.find(".tar") != -1:
            extract(item.name, "./" + item.name[:item.name.rfind('/')])
try:

    extract(sys.argv[1] + '.tgz')
    print 'Done.'
except:
    name = os.path.basename(sys.argv[0])
    print name[:name.rfind('.')], '<filename>'

Source: stackoverflow.com

Similar codes

0 vote133 views1 answer
Python 10-e10 numbers
Python
0 vote146 views1 answer
Correlation between lists python
Python
41 votes137 views6 answers
How to flatten list of lists in python
Python
0 vote140 views1 answer
Python panda count excel sheet
Python
4 votes141 views3 answers
Python fibbonacci
Python
6 votes196 views6 answers
Django Redirect
Python Django
8 votes126 views6 answers
Fizzbuzz program in python
Python
1 vote127 views1 answer
How to identify GPU with pytorch script
Python
0 vote137 views2 answers
Drip bucket limiter python
Python
4 votes153 views1 answer
Finding a substring between 2 strings
Python