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bashrc compres extract function
## COMPRESSION FUNCTION ##
compress() {
FILE=$1
shift
case $FILE in
*.tar.bz2) tar cjf $FILE $* ;;
*.tar.gz) tar czf $FILE $* ;;
*.tgz) tar czf $FILE $* ;;
*.zip) zip $FILE $* ;;
*.rar) rar $FILE $* ;;
*) echo "Filetype not recognized" ;;
esac
}
## EXTRACT FUNCTION ##
extract () {
if [ -f $1 ] ; then
case $1 in
*.tar.bz2) tar xjf $1 ;;
*.tar.gz) tar xzf $1 ;;
*.bz2) bunzip2 $1 ;;
*.rar) unrar e $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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