general extract function for kourne shells
x () {
if [ -f $1 ]
then
case $1 in
(*.tar.bz2) tar xvjf $1 ;;
(*.tar.gz) tar xvzf $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 "'$1' cannot be extracted via >extract<" ;;
esac
else
echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
fi
}