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Bash Function to extract any archive. Add this to your .bashrc / .zshrc
ex() {
if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
echo >&2 'File not specified'
return 1
fi
if [ ! -f "$1" ] ; then
echo >&2 "'$1' is not a valid file"
return 1
fi
case $1 in
*.tar.bz2) tar xjf $1 ;;
*.tar.gz) tar xzf $1 ;;
*.bz2) bunzip2 $1 ;;
*.rar) unrar 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 ex()" ;;
esac
}
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