tar xf doesn't work on zip, rar, 7z, or plain compressed files (ie log.gz instead of log.tar.gz) Additionally I prefer "verb noun" form over "program noun", so

tar xf doesn't work on zip, rar, 7z, or plain compressed files (ie log.gz instead of log.tar.gz) Additionally I prefer "verb noun" form over "program noun", so I like extract. I already alias open=xdg-open (so I can type "open somefile.pdf" or "open somefile.doc", etc)