Unfoo

Unfoo is a little shell script for extracting the contents of compressed files. It handles multiple formats and even does auto sub-directory detection.

Supported Formats

tar
gzip'd tar
bzip2'd tar
lzma'd tar
xz'd tar
gzip
compress
bzip2
lzma
xz
ace
rar
zip
7zip

Install

Place unfoo somewhere on your $PATH

Basic Usage

$ unfoo linux.tar.gz

Testing

Run make test to execute the test suite. See the README in the tests/ directory for more information.

Contributing

Fork the project.
Make your feature addition or bug fix.
Add tests for it. This is important so I don't break it in a future version unintentionally.
Commit your changes
Send me a pull request. Bonus points for topic branches.

License

(Simplified BSD License)

Copyright 2002-2011 Graham Forest <vitaminmoo@wza.us> All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are
permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

    1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of
        conditions and the following disclaimer.

    2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list
        of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
        provided with the distribution.

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WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL <COPYRIGHT HOLDER> OR
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CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
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