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dowload a compressed file, unpack it, cd into the directory and list its content
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| #!/usr/bin/env bash | |
| url="$1" | |
| wget -q "$url" | |
| tarfile=${url##*/} # strip off the part before the last slash | |
| dtrx "$tarfile" | |
| dir=${tarfile%%.*} # strip off everything after the first dot | |
| cd "$dir" | |
| ls | |
| # TODO: stay in $dir after the script ends | |
| # TODO: handle dtrx interaction |
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dtrx was written in Python, so we could turn this into a proper script!
http://brettcsmith.org/2007/dtrx/
hg clone http://www.brettcsmith.org/2007/dtrx/dtrx