| Distro | Description |
|---|---|
| Debian / Ubuntu | sudo apt update && sudo apt install unrar p7zip-full p7zip-rar unzip gzip |
| Fedora | sudo dnf install p7zip p7zip-plugins unrar unzip gzip |
| Arch | yay -S 7-zip && sudo pacman -S unrar unzip gzip |
- Open The Terminal .
- Add this code in your bash / zsh profile
nano .bashrc
nano .zshrc
# add this to easily extract compressed files, use extract <filename> to extract
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
}
Try: extract folders.tar.gz
https://github.com/callmezatiel/extract/issues
