Question : How to write a shell script to untar files?

I'd like to write a shell script that untars files within a directory.

I tried the code below, but get an "unexpected token" error.

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#!/bin/bash file=ls ./*.tar.gz do tar -xvzf $file done

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Answer : How to write a shell script to untar files?

try

#!/bin/bash
for file in *.tar.gz
do
     tar -xvzf $file
done