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Loop (Compressed Files)

Synopsis​

A loop operator which extracts files from compressed folders.

Description​

This operator takes a File Object which contains a compressed file. The file object might be retrieved by using the Open File operator. This operator then loops over the content of the compressed filed. Every file in the compressed file is offered on the left-hand side input of the subprocess and can be processed normally.

Description​

This operator supports these file types: ZIp, Z, Tar, Snappy, LZ4, GZip, Dump, DEFLATE, CPIO, BZIP2, Brotli, ARJ and AR.

Description​

This operator is very similar to Loop Zip-File Entries operator. The main difference is the supported file types.

Input​

exa​

Input data sets passed through to the inner process

inp​

Input of the loop.

Output​

out​

Output of the loop.

Parameters​

Use regex​

If set to true a regex can be provided. Only file names which match this regex will be processed

Regex​

A regular expression which is applied on the file names. Only file names which match this regex will be processed

Enable macros​

If set to true the name of the file is stored in macro.