@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ alias ll='ls -l'

 alias sl=ls # often screw this up

 alias afind='ack-grep -il'

+

+alias x=extract

@@ -37,3 +37,24 @@ function take() {

   mkdir -p $1

   cd $1

 }

+

+function extract() {

+  if [[ -f $1 ]]; then

+    case $1 in

+      *.tar.bz2) tar xvjf $1;;

+      *.tar.gz) tar xvzf $1;;

+      *.bz2) bunzip $1;;

+      *.rar) unrar $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

+}