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          October 30, 2012 00:07 
        
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  | extract () { | |
| if [ -f $1 ] ; then | |
| case $1 in | |
| *.tar.bz2) tar xvjf $1 ;; | |
| *.tar.gz) tar xvzf $1 ;; | |
| *.bz2) bunzip2 $1 ;; | |
| *.rar) rar 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 "don't know how to extract '$1'..." ;; | |
| esac | |
| else | |
| echo "'$1' is not a valid file!" | |
| fi | |
| } | 
  
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@ghostbar unar or unar-free when is installed, create a alias 'unrar' , <==tested on Debian
the script require a little update
replace $1 by "$1"