Quick fish function to extract generic compressed archives. Usage: extract [FILE]. Add this to your ~/.config/fish/functions folder

extract.fish

function extract
	if test $argv && test -e $argv
		switch $argv
		case '*.tar.bz2'
			tar xjf $argv
		case '*.tar.gz'
			tar xzf $argv
		case "*.bz2"
			bunzip2 $argv
		case "*.rar"
			unar x $argv
		case "*.gz"
			gunzip $argv
		case "*.tar"
			tar xf $argv
		case "*.tbz2"
			tar xjf $argv
		case "*.tgz"
			tar xzf $argv
		case "*.zip"
			unzip $argv
		case "*.Z"
			uncompress $argv
		case "*.7z"
			7z x $argv
		case "*.deb"
			ar x $argv
		case "*.tar.xz"
			tar xf $argv
		case '*'
			echo "Could not determine file type or cannot be extracted"
		end
	else
		echo "No file provided"
	end
end