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PowerShell/Unrar - Use securestring with Unrar Password switch

I have a configuration file with secure strings. These strings are passwords I use for automation. Typically, I can encrypt my passwords with Read-Host -AsSecureString | ConvertFrom-SecureString A ...
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How to unrar from different subfolders into each specific subfolder?

I use this piece of command to unrar a bunch of files from a folder (which has a lot of subfolders). All the unpacked files do end up in the same main folder though. How do I unrar every file to it's ...
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Python package RarFile password protected excraction raises 'NoneType' object is not iterable

What am I missing, when using the package rarfile when simply extracting a password protected rar file? The same exception is raised, when the password is byte-encoded. Right and wrong passwords raise ...
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get a list of elements into the *.rar file in Linux

I want to get a list of elements (files and folders) that are into the *.rar file. I have a folder with a lot of *.rar files, each of *.rar have folders and files, I would to get a list of name of ...
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Couldn't find path to unrar library in aws lambda (Python)

I have a rar file, which I want to unrar in AWS lambda using python. I learned about unrar library in python. I have created the layer for unrar in AWS. But now when I execute the code from unrar ...
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List directories in zip and rar files

I trying to do a data frame/list/vector with a list of folders inside a zip and rar file. I have a folder with a lot of zip and rar files; Each zip and rar file has one folder and inside this folder ...
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RarFile Python module error: rarfile.RarCannotExec: Cannot find working tool

I want to extract a RAR with rarfile python module: import rarfile rar_path = r'C:\...\Test.rar' rar_password = '123' # rarfile.UNRAR_TOOL = r'path to what .exe? I cant find it, is this line ...
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UnRAR DLL unable to be referenced in C#

I was trying to make a program to clean out some directories on my NAS and I noticed that a lot of folders contained nested rar and zip files and I have plenty of space to unpack them. The program ...
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Memory usage buildup while dictionary password checking using unrar lib in python

I wrote some crude code in python for checking passwords from a dictionary file for password protected rar archive. I even added some multi-threading, runs great. Unfortunately as the script goes ...
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remove '.part1' from Output directory in 7z

I have 2 files test.part1.rar and test.part2.rar When extracting them using command 7z x -o* test.part1.rar The output directory is a folder with test.part1 name I want the output directory to be a ...
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The handle is invalid with python patoolib executable file

My python file is working fine import patoolib patoolib.extract_archive("test.7z") But when I use pyinstaller to make an executable on windows I got this error: Traceback (most recent ...
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Can't unrar file

So I used unrar-free to unrar a file that I wanted to extract. When I gave the command in the CMD it showed me this: unrar 0.0.1 Copyright (C) 2004 Ben Asselstine, Jeroen Dekkers Extracting from /...
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How to do unrar operation in SageMaker?

I am trying to unrar the dataset for my object detection model, but I couldn't unrar the compressed file in AWS's SageMaker.
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PackagesNotFoundError when trying to install unrar with conda

I'm trying to install unrar with conda, with no luck. I installed other packages with no issues before. Here's the commands I used: user: conda activate username user: conda install unrar Which led ...
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How to unrar file with password hidden inside rar file as text?

There is rar file with password-protected that I need to extract, but the password to extract is in a text file inside that rar file. How can I extract it without using brute-force method because the ...
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Problem with "import rarfile" in python on Ubuntu

Today I turned on my Ubuntu virtual machine and tried to do a project in Python 3.9.4, but this one used rarfile module. Which is throwing errors. I know rarfile uses unrar, and I installed both ...
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Mac os - brew install unrar fails

I'm trying to run brew install unrar on mac os Big Sur and I'm getting the following error: Updating Homebrew... ==> Auto-updated Homebrew! Updated 1 tap (homebrew/cask). ==> Updated Casks ...
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How to unzip .rar with password?

I have a .rar archive that contains a file csv. The .rar has a password and I want to read it with R Studio ( the csv is the only file into the .rar). I tried to do it with the following code: library(...
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Unrar the files with the name of the rar files

I have folder with 4 rar (zipped) files. screenshot #1: rar files and names This is the python code to unrar them: #!/usr/bin/python import os, zipfile, pyunpack, sys import tkinter as tk from tkinter ...
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Google Colab can't Extract a big file saved in my Google Drive

I am trying to Extract a big file saved in Google Drive into itself. I tried Google Drive apps in Google Workspace Marketplace like "ZIP Extractor" and "UnRAR and RAR viewer", But ...
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How to unrar files

I am trying to unrar files uploaded by users in django web application. I have gone through different approaches but none of them are working for me. The below methods work fine in my local OS (Ubuntu ...
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How to unpack .rar file in Python?

I have a problem in unpacking .rar files in Python. I am using macOS, with Anaconda Navigator and Spyder IDE. I have already installed unrar, pyunpack, py7zr, rarfile, patool packages. However, when I ...
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PatoolError Python: problem in unpacking .rar file

I can't unpack a .rar file using patoolib in Python. I always get the error message: PatoolError: could not find an executable program to extract format rar; candidates are (rar,unrar,7z), I'm using ...
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A bash script to unrar all files in a sub directory in linux

I'm on Ubuntu server 18.04. My main goal is to run a script from a parent directory which unrars all the files inside all sub directories of the parent directory. I have also installed apt install ...
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Python unrar module throws MemoryError while reading a .rar file

I have written following code to read .rar files to check if they contain MDF files. from unrar import rarfile def is_contain_mdf_file(filepath) -> bool: try: if rarfile.is_rarfile(...
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How to parse / pass lines from a text file to a program to be run using that string

I use an old program that went out of business, it creates a folder and inside of that "root" folder it creates other folders inside of that folder it creates a rar file of the output from ...
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How To Extract Password Protected Rar File Using Patool On Google Colab

I have installed patool on Google Colab. The patool command works file with: patoolib.extract_archive("/content/drive/My Drive/File_name.part1.rar", outdir="/content/drive/My Drive/Folder/")` After ...
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How to extract multiple files at the same time in ubuntu terminal using unrar command?

I have about 100 rar files in a directory and I want to extract them in the same directory using unrar in the terminal in Ubuntu 20.04. I use the following command to unrar them one by one and it's OK:...
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How to extract a Rar file with password in google colab?

Hi i'm currently using Google Colab and i need a extract a Rar file with password. I use Patool but it doesn't support Password's file
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Unzip failed to finish in Google Colab

So I try to train an autoencoder model but have difficulty on extracting large zipfile and rarfile in Google Drive. its a 3GB zipfile containing 500 dirs of images and a5GB rarfile containing 1.7 ...
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Extract recursively and append extension?

I want to make a script that can extract rar files recursively and append an extension to the extracting files. The extension should be added during the process (so that other software doesn't see a ...
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extract all rar files in a folder and sub-folder to same folder

I found this post for extracting rar files from one folder to same folder name: extract rar files to same folder name I want to extract several rar files in sub-folders to sub-folders of the same ...
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C#: How to use unrar.dll & unrar.cs from rarlab to extract a split archive?

I've downloaded the unrar.dll for Windows software developers from rarlab.com, included the unrar.dll and the class of unrar.cs into my C# WPF project. It extracts single archives (even with password ...
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How note a wrong password with Python's UnRAR library?

The following code (which tries to “open” an encrypted RAR-file supplying a wrong password): from unrar import rarfile import unrar try: rarfile.RarFile("encrypted.rar", pwd="wrong_password") ...
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Python extract / unrar RAR file errors

I'm trying to extract RAR file in Python script. I've found only two possible ways to do that: by using patoolib or by using rarfile. Unfortunately, both of those options raise a lot of errors in my ...
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Warning when upgrading junrar: Symbol extractArchive is deprecated

I'm using junrar 0.7 and am trying to upgrade to version 4.0.0, and in the process I am getting warnings about a certain method I am using to unrar a file to a destination directory. Here is my code (...
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How to set path to unrar library in Python?

I am using Pycharm as my IDE (Python 3.7) and am trying to extract a password protected .rar file (I know the password) and have imported rarfile from unrar but am getting this error "LookupError: ...
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PYTHON - UNRAR : how can I build a thread to monitoring the downloading status

Good Morning, I need some help concerning my script. I'm a beginner in Python and I would like to know how can I add a thread to verifiy my downloading process ? Here my Download Script: class ...
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Loop doesn't unrar my files... Code doesn't enter into the loop

Morning Everybody, I've a problem concerning my code. I'll explain, I've a connexion to a local FTP server on my linux instance. I would like to explore all my directories to unrar my files ".rar" ...
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What is the default size unit of unrar?

I have rar files but want to see the uncompressed size without unraring them. I am using unrar through the command line. I am using unrar v which lists: Attributes Size Packed Ratio Date ...
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How to unzip .rar file with Python and patoolib

I need uncompress .rar file in Google Colab with Python3. First I tried to do localy in MacOS. I have installed Patoolib package: pip install patool and unrar to unzip .rar files brew install ...
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Find and Unrar all files

Hi I am working on a script that syncs content from a remote site using SFTP, then extracts any archives. However I am struggling to get the extracted files to the correct (source) directory. I ...
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Error while running unrar on docker ubuntu

I have installed unrar, my script was running fine when i deployed it on ubuntu (not inside docker). After implementing the same script, i'm getting this error. I've the unrar command is executing, ...
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unrar with long file path

I have an .rar achive, when I use right click on file explorer, and use the menu "extract here", I can extract the files sucessfully. but when I use unrar.exe to extract the same achive, I got errors ...
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How do I decompress a rar archive that does not consist of one file in the linux console?

I have the archives that I downloaded: 2MGF&DPNA.part1.rar 2MGF&DPNA.part2.rar 2MGF&DPNA.part3.rar 2MGF&DPNA.part4.rar 2MGF&DPNA.part5.rar Everywhere write that utility unrar ...
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Combining find and unrar commands

I was trying to combine find and unrar commands in macOS but I got some strange results. The command was: find /Users/priit/Downloads/Show/ -name "*.rar" -execdir unrar -r -o- "{}" /users/priit/...
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extract rar files to same folder name

I have many .rar folders within a particular directory. I want to extract contents of each rar folder in the same directory and all the extracted files of rar folder should be placed in the new folder ...
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Ubuntu unrar does not extract dot files

I'm facing a weird problem. I'm getting a rar file on my ubuntu server through wget and I do unrar e -r file.rar to extract all files. However, files like .htaccess are not extracted. I know it is ...
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Archive Extraction Script

I'm new to working in the shell and can use the unrar command to extract a single archive but I'm looking to do a lot more then that. Let me explain. Ex: /ParentFolder/ChildFolder1/xyz.rar /...
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Python script to recursively open .rar files in a directory

I'm writing this python script to recursively go through a directory and use the unrar utility on ubuntu to open all .rar files. For some reason it will enter the directory, list some contents, enter ...
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