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ex()
ex ()
{
if [ -f $1 ] ; then
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 ;;
*.tar.gz) tar J $1 ;;
*.xz) tar xvf $1 ;;
*) echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via ex()" ;;
esac
else
echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
fi
}
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Chabam commented Jan 24, 2020

Very useful! Thank you ☺️

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mirsella commented Jan 24, 2020

i added
*.tar.gz) tar J $1 ;;
*.xz) tar xvf $1 ;;

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Epic thx

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