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Extract multiple cab files

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by slickprog

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Hi, I'm using extract.exe right now and I can't seem to figure out how to tell extract.exe to extract all the .cab files in a folder
extract /a *.cab doesn't work.
it asks for a specific cab file name so i guess it can't do wildcards

Can extract.exe even do what I need it to? Anyone know of a better extract utlity? Thanks for looking.

(to clarify, i am not talking about multiple files inside a cab file)

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by ugadata

I don't think extract.exe works with multiple CAB files. You could the expand.exe command that does work with wildcards.

Another option would be a Do .. While or For loop in a batch file to feed the extract command one cab file at a time until all the cab files in the folder or list are completed.

by slickprog

expand doesn't seem to allow wildcards either
hmm this is proving difficult
thank you for your suggestion but i can't write a script to save my life

by ugadata

According to the /? option for expand it will allow wildcards for the source but it also requires a destination, and that the destination be a folder/directory.

by slickprog

i played around with expand a bunch and couldn't get it to extract wildcards

i did however find a solution. for future reference, i used a program i found online called cabextract (cabext) which works with the command line

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