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*.tar.bz2

18 points by erikano 16y ago

symkat 16y ago
This is a petty cool idea. Although you're supposed to already package things like this, I think everyone's been through the "oh damn, now there is 20 new files and directories, which is what" before.
warp 16y ago
I use dtrx for this purpose (http://brettcsmith.org/2007/dtrx/ http://brettcsmith.org/2007/dtrx/).
- MtL 16y ago
  It's worth mentioning that this is in the ubuntu (and debian?) repos. 'sudo apt-get install dtrx'
- spcmnspff 16y ago
  That looks really nice. I have something in my .$SHELLrc file that does something similar: the extract_archive() in http://github.com/Rydgel/archlinux/blob/master/.zshrc http://github.com/Rydgel/archlinux/blob/master/.zshrc but yours looks like it takes care of other things like archives within archives.
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nailer 16y ago
GNU tar already automatically detects compression types. tar -xf file Will happily extract tar, tgz, tbz and more.
- tonfa 16y ago
  That's not the feature cx advertises.
  - nailer 16y ago
    You're right. I read the vague headline and assumed the obvious. This is a tar bomb prevention tool and looks useful.
mikelward 16y ago
cx is a common alias for chmod +x, so another name might be better.
- kleiba 16y ago
  I've never heard of that - how do you know it's common?
  - mikelward 16y ago
    It's in UNIX Programming Environment by Kernighan and Pike, chapter 3.
    - yangyang 16y ago
      Also in Unix Power Tools by Powers, Peek, O'Reilly and Loukides, article 50.8 (3rd edition).
    - kleiba 16y ago
      Thanks for the information.
__david__ 16y ago
I've scratched that itch as well a few years ago: http://porkrind.org/uz/uz http://porkrind.org/uz/uz
JonnieCache 16y ago
This looks fantastic. I just need to add support for some more archive formats (.rar primarily) and this will fill a need thats been bugging me for a while.
imurray 16y ago
Like many others, I've scratched this itch too: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/imurray2/code/hacks/untar http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/imurray2/code/hacks/untar a simple bash script. The comments in the source list debian/ubuntu packages to install to support all formats. It detects and extracts .7z .a .ace .arj .cab .cpio .deb .lha .pmd .rar .rpm .tar{,.gz,.Z,.bz2,.xz} .tnef .zip (including .jar, .xpi etc) .zoo and MIME/uuencoded mail attachments without ever splattering multiple files over the current directory. Haven't compared to dtrx.
noglorp 16y ago
Egads, this is a problem that is still being solved? I think the only reason for this is no one expected us to still be using FUCKING UNIX at this point in history. (Seriously... Open does not mean Good, will the OSS community ever 'start fresh'?)

Cx: A bash function for comfortable extraction of *.tar/*.tar.gz/*.tar.bz2

18 points by erikano 16y ago

This is a petty cool idea. Although you're supposed to already package things like this, I think everyone's been through the "oh damn, now there is 20 new files and directories, which is what" before.

warp 16y ago

I use dtrx for this purpose (http://brettcsmith.org/2007/dtrx/ http://brettcsmith.org/2007/dtrx/).

MtL 16y ago
It's worth mentioning that this is in the ubuntu (and debian?) repos. 'sudo apt-get install dtrx'
spcmnspff 16y ago
That looks really nice. I have something in my .$SHELLrc file that does something similar: the extract_archive() in http://github.com/Rydgel/archlinux/blob/master/.zshrc http://github.com/Rydgel/archlinux/blob/master/.zshrc but yours looks like it takes care of other things like archives within archives.

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nailer 16y ago

GNU tar already automatically detects compression types. tar -xf file Will happily extract tar, tgz, tbz and more.

tonfa 16y ago
That's not the feature cx advertises.
- nailer 16y ago
  You're right. I read the vague headline and assumed the obvious. This is a tar bomb prevention tool and looks useful.

mikelward 16y ago

cx is a common alias for chmod +x, so another name might be better.

kleiba 16y ago
I've never heard of that - how do you know it's common?
- mikelward 16y ago
  It's in UNIX Programming Environment by Kernighan and Pike, chapter 3.
  - yangyang 16y ago
    Also in Unix Power Tools by Powers, Peek, O'Reilly and Loukides, article 50.8 (3rd edition).
  - kleiba 16y ago
    Thanks for the information.

__david__ 16y ago

I've scratched that itch as well a few years ago: http://porkrind.org/uz/uz http://porkrind.org/uz/uz

JonnieCache 16y ago

This looks fantastic. I just need to add support for some more archive formats (.rar primarily) and this will fill a need thats been bugging me for a while.

imurray 16y ago

Like many others, I've scratched this itch too: http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/imurray2/code/hacks/untar http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/imurray2/code/hacks/untar a simple bash script. The comments in the source list debian/ubuntu packages to install to support all formats. It detects and extracts .7z .a .ace .arj .cab .cpio .deb .lha .pmd .rar .rpm .tar{,.gz,.Z,.bz2,.xz} .tnef .zip (including .jar, .xpi etc) .zoo and MIME/uuencoded mail attachments without ever splattering multiple files over the current directory. Haven't compared to dtrx.

noglorp 16y ago

Egads, this is a problem that is still being solved? I think the only reason for this is no one expected us to still be using FUCKING UNIX at this point in history. (Seriously... Open does not mean Good, will the OSS community ever 'start fresh'?)