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One extract to rule them all - simple bash function to extract any archive
function extract() {
if [ $# -ne 1 ]; then
echo "Usage: $FUNCNAME filename"
fi
filename=$1
if [ -f $filename ]; then
case $filename in
*.tar.xz) tar xvfJ $filename ;;
*.tar.gz) tar --gzip -xvf $filename ;;
*.tar.bz2) tar --bzip2 -xvf $filename ;;
*.tar) tar -xvf $filename ;;
*.tgz) tar --gzip -xvf $filename ;;
*.tbz2) tar --bzip2 -xvf $filename ;;
*.bz2) bunzip2 $filename ;;
*.7z) 7za x $filename ;;
*.Z) uncompress --keep $filename ;;
*.zip) unzip $filename -d ${filename%.*} ;;
*.rar) unrar x $filename ;;
*.jar) jar xf $filename ;;
*) echo "'$filename' not supported extension" ;;
esac
else
echo "'$filename' is not a file."
fi
}
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