Archives

List#

Format	Created	Extraction
.tar	tar cvf archive.tar files/folders	tar xvf archive.tar
.tar.gz	tar zcvf archive.tar.gz files/folders	tar zxvf archive.tar.gz
.tar.bz2	tar jcvf archive.tar.bz2 files/folders	tar jxvf archive.tar.bz2
.tbz2	tar jcvf archive.tbz2 files/folders	tar jxvf archive.tbz2
.tgz	tar zcvf archive.tgz files/folders	tar zxvf archive.tgz
.bz2	bzip2 -k files	bunzip2 archive.bz2
.gz	gzip -k files	gunzip archive.gz
.rar	rar a archive.rar files	unrar x archive.rar
.zip	zip archive.zip files	unzip archive.zip
.7z	7z a archive.7z files	7z x archive.7z

Function#

# Usage: ex <file>
ex () {
  if [ -f $1 ] ; then
    case $1 in
      *.tar)       tar xf $1    ;;
      *.tar.gz)    tar xzf $1   ;;
      *.tar.bz2)   tar xjf $1   ;;
      *.tbz2)      tar xjf $1   ;;
      *.tgz)       tar xzf $1   ;;
      *.bz2)       bunzip2 $1   ;;
      *.gz)        gunzip $1    ;;
      *.rar)       unrar x $1   ;;
      *.zip)       unzip $1     ;;
      *.7z)        7z x $1      ;;
      *)           echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via ex()" ;;
    esac
  else
    echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
  fi
}bash