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extract a file without knowing the type
#!/bin/bash
if [ -f $1 ] ; then
case $1 in
*.tar.bz2) tar xjf $1 ;;
*.tar.gz) tar xzf $1 ;;
*.tar.xz) tar zxvf $1 ;;
*.bz2) bunzip2 $1 ;;
*.rar) rar x $1 ;;
*.gz) gunzip $1 ;;
*.tar) tar xf $1 ;;
*.tbz2) tar xjf $1 ;;
*.tgz) tar xzf $1 ;;
*.xz) xz -d $1 ;;
*.zip) unzip $1 ;;
*.Z) uncompress $1;;
*) echo "contents of '$1' cannot be extracted" ;;
esac
else
echo "'$1' is not recognized as a compressed file"
fi
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