A bash function that lists the contents of various types of archives. Easier to remember, faster to type.

lsz.sh

# ls archives (inspired by `extract`)
lsz() {
	if [ $# -ne 1 ]
	then
		echo "lsz filename.[tar,tgz,gz,zip,etc]"
		return 1
	fi
	if [ -f $1 ] ; then
		case $1 in
			*.tar.bz2|*.tar.gz|*.tar|*.tbz2|*.tgz) tar tvf $1;;
			*.zip)  unzip -l $1;;
			*)      echo "'$1' unrecognized." ;;
		esac
	else
		echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
	fi
}