how do I extract a directory full of rpms, debs or tarballs?

[toomuchcomputertime]

I downloaded a directory full of rpms and wanted to find a mass extraction script so I do not have to extract each one individualy.

Does anyone know of such a script?
I spent the last 45 minutes 'googling' to find a script I found on the forum first time last time I tried!

Thanks in advance.

[disciple]

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for i in *.rpm; do unrpm $i; done

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for i in *.tar.gz; do tar -xzvf $i; done

[disciple]

You'll need to quote the "$i" if there are spaces in any names...