extract anything without remembering

ducksyo - 2 years ago

extract () {

  if [ -f $1 ] ; then
          case $1 in
          *.tar.bz2)    tar xvjf $1    ;;
          *.tar.gz)    tar xvzf $1    ;;
          *.tar.xz)    tar xf $1      ;;
          *.bz2)        bunzip2 $1     ;;
          *.rar)        unrar 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
}

mark - 2 years ago | thread

I like this, added to my bashrc :)

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joe - 2 years ago | thread

missing asar perhaps.. npx asar extract $1 $2 with $2 being target folder ;)

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