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Bash function to extract any compressed file. Code snippet stolen from @robinandeer - https://github.com/robinandeer/dotfiles
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| # One command to extract them all | |
| extract () { | |
| if [ $# -ne 1 ] | |
| then | |
| echo "Error: No file specified." | |
| return 1 | |
| fi | |
| if [ -f $1 ] ; then | |
| case $1 in | |
| *.tar.bz2) tar xvjf $1 ;; | |
| *.tar.gz) tar xvzf $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 ;; | |
| *) echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via extract" ;; | |
| esac | |
| else | |
| echo "'$1' is not a valid file" | |
| fi | |
| } |
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Nice idea, but the calls to tar can be simplified. GNU tar already recognizes lots of compressed file formats automatically, no need to specify it explicitly. Just write
tar xv file.tar.bz2, for example. The extension that's used doesn't matter, so the name could also befile.tbz2orfile.tbz(or anything else). This works for (at least) gzip, bz2, lzo, xz, Z formats.