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benjy1 on Jan 15, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: Alias.sh: for finding, sharing and storing bash al...

python one works fine for me. I tried tar xf on a zip file and it didn't work?

qu4z-2 on Jan 15, 2013 [–]

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)

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