ct tool

ct

#!/usr/bin/env python

# ct - cURL then (un)tar
# for normal use, it replaces
#   $ curl <tarball url> | tar -z?f -
# also has weird zip stuff that acts the same way.
# NOW WITH RPM+YUM SUPPORT

import posixpath
import subprocess
import sys
try:
    import urlparse
except ImportError:
    import urllib.parse as urlparse

try:
    url = sys.argv[1]
except IndexError:
    url = None

if url is None:
    print("""ct - cURL then (un)tar
  usage: ct <tarball url>""")
    sys.exit(1)

# find the magic ending
base = posixpath.basename(urlparse.urlsplit(url).path)
file = base.split(".")[-1]
zip = False
rpm = False
caller = "curl --silent %s | tar -x%sf -"
if file == "gz" or file == "tgz":
    type = "z"
elif file == "bz2" or file == "tbz2":
    type = "j"
elif file == "xz" or file == "txz":
    type = "J"
elif file == "lzma":
    type = "lzma"
    caller = "curl --silent %s | tar --lzma -xf -; echo \"%s\" > /dev/null"
elif file == "lz":
    type = "lzip"
    caller = "curl --silent %s | tar --lzip -xf -; echo \"%s\" > /dev/null"
elif file == "zip":
    zip = True
elif file == "rpm":
    rpm = True
else:
    print("Unknown file ending, I have no idea how to handle this file.")
    sys.exit(1)


if zip:
    subprocess.call(("wget -q %s" % (url)).split(" "))
    subprocess.call(("unzip -qq %s -d %s" % (base, ".".join(base.split(".")[:-1]))).split(" "))
    subprocess.call(("rm %s" % (base)).split(" "))
elif rpm:
    subprocess.call(("sudo yum localinstall -y %s" % (url)).split(" "))
else:
    subprocess.call(caller % (url, type), shell=True)

if not rpm:
    print("Extracted probably into %s." % ".".join(base.split(".")[:-1]))