Linux Extract Archive Bashrc Function

by jamied_uk 5th July 2016, 18:59

Code:: function extract { if [ -z "$1" ]; then # display usage if no parameters given echo "Usage: extract <path/file_name>.<zip|rar|bz2|gz|tar|tbz2|tgz|Z|7z|xz|ex|tar.bz2|tar.gz|tar.xz>" else if [ -f $1 ] ; then # NAME=${1%.*} # mkdir $NAME && cd $NAME case $1 in *.tar.bz2) tar xvjf ../$1 ;; *.tar.gz) tar xvzf ../$1 ;; *.tar.xz) tar xvJf ../$1 ;; *.lzma) unlzma ../$1 ;; *.bz2) bunzip2 ../$1 ;; *.rar) unrar x -ad ../$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 ;; *.xz) unxz ../$1 ;; *.exe) cabextract ../$1 ;; *) echo "extract: '$1' - unknown archive method" ;; esac else echo "$1 - file does not exist" fi fi }

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