unix uncompress multiple gz and save in particular directory

Question

I have a directory with thousands of files .gz and I would like to uncompress and save the uncompressed files in a specific directory.

I have tried but I can get it (beginner in this field).

Thanks

Answer 1

Try something like:

mkdir destination
cd destination
for g in ../origin/*.gz; do      # Each *.gz file in origin...
   gzcat $g > ${g##../origin/}   # ... gets uncompressed to here
done

With thousands of files, the glob (../origin/*.gz) might choke... and the destination directory might also get very slow.