https://github.com/lzap/dancepill

Quck tarball extract script in Bash for various distributions
https://github.com/lzap/dancepill

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Quck tarball extract script in Bash for various distributions

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/lzap/dancepill
• Owner: lzap
• Created: 2012-02-23T07:41:21.000Z (almost 13 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-06-10T09:10:39.000Z (7 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-14T23:25:02.226Z (3 months ago)
• Language: Shell
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• Size: 11.7 KB
• Stars: 21
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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Dancepill - extract them all

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Quick extract script for shell (currently only tested with BASH).

The problem

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You want to extract a tarball or ZIP and you don't care what format it is to

pick up the right tool. More than that, you are not sure about the correct

extension as the file might have been renamed incorrectly. And you want to

extract fast.

    tar -xzjfmpb cant_remember_all_the_options.tar.ball.blah.gz

Someone might use Midnight Commander but this is *slow* due to zillion of IO

terminal operations. Dancepill script to the rescue!

Installation

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The script is probably not packaged for any Linux distribution, but it's a

short BASH script:

    curl -o /usr/local/bin/e https://raw.githubusercontent.com/lzap/dancepill/master/dancepill

Make sure to inspect the contents of the script before executing it, it is very

short after all.

Features

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* Extracts all supported archives using the fastest method possible.

* File type detection using `file` utility - wrong extensions are simply

ignored.

* If the archive does not contain only one file or directory, dancepill will

create an extra directory for you. No more extracted junk in the current

directory!

* If MIME is unknown, dancepill tries several "fallback" utilities one after

  another until one succeeds.

Supported formats

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Format | Supported from

-------|---------------

7z     | 1.0

arj    | 1.0

bzip2  | 1.0

cpio   | 1.0

gzip   | 1.0

lha    | 1.0

rar    | 1.0

rpm    | 1.0

tar    | 1.0

xz     | 1.0

zip    | 1.0

iso    | 1.0

History

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* 1.0 - Initial version.

* 1.1 - Changed it to be just a script not a BASH function. Use `xorriso` instead of `7z`

License

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This is PUBLIC DOMAIN. Pull requests appreciated!