tar

tar.sh

# zip
zip -r test.zip .vim .vimrc
unzip -l test.zip
zip -d test.zip filename_to_delete
zip -e test.zip path_to_file
zip -er test.zip path_to_folder

# rar
rar a test.rar .emacs.d .emacs
unrar x test.rar


# tar
# split tar to several files
tar cvjf - evernote-latest.exe | split -b 2m - evernote.tbz.
cat evernote.tbz.* | tar xvj

untar.sh

untar() {
    if [ -f "$1" ] ; then
        case $1 in
            *.tar.bz2)  tar xjf         "$1" ;;
            *.tar.gz)   tar xzf         "$1" ;;
            *.tar.xz)   tar xJf         "$1" ;;
            *.bz2)      bunzip2         "$1" ;;
            *.rar)      rar x           "$1" ;;
            *.gz)       gunzip          "$1" ;;
            *.tar)      tar xf          "$1" ;;
            *.tbz2)     tar xjf         "$1" ;;
            *.tgz)      tar xzf         "$1" ;;
            *.zip)      unzip           "$1" ;;
            *.7z)       7zr x           "$1" ;;
            *.Z)        uncompress      "$1" ;;
            *.dmg)      hdiutil mount   "$1" ;;
            *)          echo "\`$1' cannot be extracted via untar" ;;
        esac
    else
        echo "\`$1' is not a valid file"
    fi
}