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November 8, 2018 16:16
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extract a file without knowing the type
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#!/bin/bash | |
if [ -f $1 ] ; then | |
case $1 in | |
*.tar.bz2) tar xjf $1 ;; | |
*.tar.gz) tar xzf $1 ;; | |
*.tar.xz) tar zxvf $1 ;; | |
*.bz2) bunzip2 $1 ;; | |
*.rar) rar x $1 ;; | |
*.gz) gunzip $1 ;; | |
*.tar) tar xf $1 ;; | |
*.tbz2) tar xjf $1 ;; | |
*.tgz) tar xzf $1 ;; | |
*.xz) xz -d $1 ;; | |
*.zip) unzip $1 ;; | |
*.Z) uncompress $1;; | |
*) echo "contents of '$1' cannot be extracted" ;; | |
esac | |
else | |
echo "'$1' is not recognized as a compressed file" | |
fi |
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