gistfile1.py

from optparse import OptionParser
import subprocess, os, re

'''

    Runzip: recursively unzip
    
'''

parser = OptionParser()

parser.add_option('-d', '--dir', 
    action='store', 
    type='string',
    help='base directory to start on', 
    default='./')

parser.add_option('-r', '--remove', 
    action='store_true', 
    help='delete zip files after successfully unzipping', 
    default=False)

def runzip(root, file, options):
    subprocess.call('unzip %s -d %s' % (os.path.join(root, file), root), shell=True)
    if options.remove:
        print "deleting %s..." % file
        subprocess.call('rm %s' % (os.path.join(root, file)), shell=True)

def main(options, args):
    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(options.dir):
        for file in files:
            if re.search('\.zip', file): # is zip
                runzip(root, file, options)



if __name__ == '__main__':
    (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
    main(options, args)