Extract newly downloaded Most Common Archived files

extract.sh

#!/bin/bash

# This function takes a file name as input
# and performs extraction based on the file type
function file_actions {
  # Set the file name as a static variable
  file_name=$1

  # Check the file name
  if [[ $file_name == *.zip ]]; then
    # If the file name ends with .zip, perform custom function "A"
    # Unzip the zip file and send the output to /dev/null
    unzip $file_name -d "${file_name%.*}" > /dev/null
  elif [[ $file_name == *.tar.gz ]]; then
    # If the file name ends with .tar.gz, perform custom function "B"
    # Extract the tar.gz file and send the output to /dev/null
    tar -xzf $file_name -C "${file_name%.*}" > /dev/null
  elif [[ $file_name == *.tar.bz ]]; then
    # If the file name ends with .tar.bz, extract the tar.bz file and send the output to /dev/null
    tar -xjf $file_name -C "${file_name%.*}" > /dev/null
  elif [[ $file_name == *.rar ]]; then
    # If the file name ends with .rar, extract the rar file and send the output to /dev/null
    unrar e $file_name "${file_name%.*}" > /dev/null
  else
    # If the file name does not match any of the above conditions, print an error message
    echo "Error: unrecognized file type"
  fi
}

# Get the latest absolute file using another helper script
file_name=$(./most_recent_file.sh -e)

# Call the file_actions function with the latest file name as an argument
file_actions $file_name