extract plugin

This plugin defines a function called extract that extracts the archive file you pass it, and it supports a wide variety of archive filetypes.

This way you don't have to know what specific command extracts a file, you just do extract <filename> and the function takes care of the rest.

To use it, add extract to the plugins array in your zshrc file:

plugins=(... extract)

Supported file extensions

| Extension | Description | | :---------------- | :-------------------------------------- | | 7z | 7zip file | | apk | Android app file | | aar | Android library file | | bz2 | Bzip2 file | | cab | Microsoft cabinet archive | | cpio | Cpio archive | | deb | Debian package | | ear | Enterprise Application aRchive | | exe | Windows executable file | | gz | Gzip file | | ipa | iOS app package | | ipsw | iOS firmware file | | jar | Java Archive | | lrz | LRZ archive | | lz4 | LZ4 archive | | lzma | LZMA archive | | obscpio | cpio archive used on OBS | | pk3 | Renamed Zip archive used by Quake games | | pk4 | Renamed Zip archive used by Quake games | | pk7 | Renamed 7zip file used by Quake games | | rar | WinRAR archive | | rpm | RPM package | | sublime-package | Sublime Text package | | tar | Tarball | | tar.bz2 | Tarball with bzip2 compression | | tar.gz | Tarball with gzip compression | | tar.lrz | Tarball with lrzip compression | | tar.lz | Tarball with lzip compression | | tar.lz4 | Tarball with lz4 compression | | tar.xz | Tarball with lzma2 compression | | tar.zma | Tarball with lzma compression | | tar.zst | Tarball with zstd compression | | tbz | Tarball with bzip compression | | tbz2 | Tarball with bzip2 compression | | tgz | Tarball with gzip compression | | tlz | Tarball with lzma compression | | txz | Tarball with lzma2 compression | | tzst | Tarball with zstd compression | | vsix | VS Code extension zip file | | war | Web Application archive (Java-based) | | whl | Python wheel file | | xpi | Mozilla XPI module file | | xz | LZMA2 archive | | Z | Z archive (LZW) | | zip | Zip archive | | zlib | zlib archive | | zst | Zstandard file (zstd) | | zpaq | Zpaq file |

See list of archive formats for more information regarding archive formats.