smartextract.zsh

# http://nparikh.org/notes/zshrc.txt
# Usage: smartextract <file>
# Description: extracts archived files / mounts disk images
# Note: .dmg/hdiutil is Mac OS X-specific.
smartextract () {
	if [[ -f $1 ]]; then
		case $1 in
			*.tar.bz2)	tar -jxvf $1		;;
			*.tar.gz)	tar -zxvf $1		;;
			*.bz2)		bunzip2 $1	    	;;
			*.dmg)		hdiutil mount $1	;;
			*.gz)		gunzip $1	    	;;
			*.tar)		tar -xvf $1	    	;;
			*.tbz2)		tar -jxvf $1		;;
			*.tgz)		tar -zxvf $1		;;
			*.zip)		unzip $1	    	;;
			*.Z)		uncompress $1		;;
			*)	    	echo "'$1' cannot be extracted/mounted via smartextract()" ;;
		esac
	else
		echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
	fi
}