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extract all archives
alias -- -ex=extract_archive
## extract files
extract_archive () {
if [ -f $1 ] ; then
case $1 in
*.tar.bz2) tar xjfv $1 ;;
*.tar.gz) tar xzfv $1 ;;
*.bz2) bunzip2 $1 ;;
*.rar) rar x $1 ;;
*.gz) gunzip $1 ;;
*.tar) tar xfv $1 ;;
*.tbz2) tar xjfv $1 ;;
*.tgz) tar xzfv $1 ;;
*.zip) unzip $1 ;;
*.Z) uncompress $1 ;;
*.7z|*.7zip) 7z x $1 ;;
*) echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via extract()" ;;
esac
else
echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
fi
}
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