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Tiago André
Tiago André on 18 Apr 2022
Commented: Tiago André on 19 Apr 2022
Hey, hope you doing well.
I have this code that goes to a website database, downloads and unzips all the files there. Each zip file comes with hundreds of txt files and two excel files. I only need the two excel files, however its not a problem if the code downloads the txt files aswell. The problem is that the excel files have all the same name, so when i run the code i get in the folder thousands of text files and only two excel files. The code is overwriting the excel files when unziping.
How can i make matlab, after unziping, to change the name of the excel files so they wont overwrite?
This is the script i have.
web ='https://sensors.rivm.nl/benchmark/';
data = webread(web);
files = regexpi(data,'[A-Z_0-9]+.zip<','match');
for k=1:numel(files)
file = files{k} ;
unzip([web file(1:end-1)])
end
Thank you for your help.

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MJFcoNaN
MJFcoNaN on 18 Apr 2022
the function of unzip allows setting an output folder, for example:
unzip([web file(1:end-1)], file(1:end-5))
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MJFcoNaN
MJFcoNaN on 19 Apr 2022
I think the code is what you need exactly. Doesn't it work?
Tiago André
Tiago André on 19 Apr 2022
Yes, it worked. Thank you for your help!

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