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August 6, 2013 19:51
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Function to extract most typical kinds of files, without needing to remember all the damn flags.
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# Extract Files | |
extract() { | |
if [ -f $1 ] ; then | |
case $1 in | |
*.tar.bz2) tar xvjf $1 ;; | |
*.tar.gz) tar xvzf $1 ;; | |
*.tar.xz) tar xvJf $1 ;; | |
*.bz2) bunzip2 $1 ;; | |
*.rar) unrar x $1 ;; | |
*.gz) gunzip $1 ;; | |
*.tar) tar xvf $1 ;; | |
*.tbz2) tar xvjf $1 ;; | |
*.tgz) tar xvzf $1 ;; | |
*.zip) unzip $1 ;; | |
*.Z) uncompress $1 ;; | |
*.7z) 7z x $1 ;; | |
*.xz) unxz $1 ;; | |
*.exe) cabextract $1 ;; | |
*) echo "\`$1': unrecognized file compression" ;; | |
esac | |
else | |
echo "\`$1' is not a valid file" | |
fi | |
} |
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