How can I extract multipart RAR files using the command line unrar.exe?

Question

Is there a way to extract all RAR files using unrar.exe via the command line without passing it each part?

I have lots of multipart RAR files in mixed formats: .part1.rar, .part2.rar or .rar, .r00, .r01, etc.

Is there a trick I'm missing or this is something only possible from WinRAR (where you just right click Extract and it knows to extract from the other parts as well)?

score 85 · Answer 1 · edited Sep 15 '11 at 15:10

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I've had this very problem before and here is the answer.

unrar x filename.part1.rar

edited Sep 15 '11 at 15:10

slhck

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answered Sep 15 '11 at 13:42

jayd189

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score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 22 '13 at 20:01

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I know this is an old question, but I did it with just the following command, using UNRAR 4.10 freeware

unrar e filename.rar

This handled the multiparts just fine.

answered Mar 22 '13 at 20:01

Søren Lorentzen

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score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 15 '23 at 20:03

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Coming back to this in 2023, with Ubuntu 22.04, neither of the other answers worked for me. unrar said "Skipped" with the e option, and simply "Failed" with the x option.

However, unar filename.part1.rar worked perfectly.

answered Sep 15 '23 at 20:03

Draconis

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Dec 10 '23 at 11:58

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You can use unrar x filename.part[0|00]1.rar, this will extract your files with full path.

Using unrar e filename.part[0|00]1.rar will just extract without full path.

answered Dec 10 '23 at 11:58

Merlincool

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How can I extract multipart RAR files using the command line unrar.exe?

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