Smart uncompress

smart_uncompress.sh

#!/bin/bash

smart_uncompress()
{
    if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
        echo "At least one paramater required"
        exit 1
    fi

    ftype="$(file $1)"
    case ${ftype} in
    "$1: Zip archive"*)
        unzip $1 ;;
    "$1: gzip compressed"*)
        tar -xzf $1 ;;
    "$1: bzip2 compressed"*)
        tar -xjf $1 ;;
    *)
        echo "File $1 can not be uncompressed with smartzip" ;;
    esac
}

smart_uncompress $1