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Extract any type of archive from the terminal with one function
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# extract any type of compressed file | |
# credit https://coderwall.com/p/arwifq | |
function extract { | |
echo Extracting $1 ... | |
if [ -f $1 ] ; then | |
case $1 in | |
*.tar.bz2) tar xjf $1 ;; | |
*.tar.gz) tar xzf $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 ;; | |
*.Z) uncompress $1 ;; | |
*.7z) 7z x $1 ;; | |
*) echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via extract()" ;; | |
esac | |
else | |
echo "'$1' is not a valid file" | |
fi | |
} |
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