Extracter

A lightweight bash utility for extracting common archive formats on Linux and Unix-like systems. Just pass a file and Extracter automatically detects the format and extracts it using the appropriate tool.

Supported Formats

• .tar - tar archives
• .tar.gz, .tgz - gzip-compressed tar archives
• .tar.bz2, .tbz2 - bzip2-compressed tar archives
• .tar.xz, .txz - xz-compressed tar archives
• .gz - gzip compressed files
• .bz2 - bzip2 compressed files
• .xz - xz compressed files
• .zip - zip archives
• .rar - rar archives
• .7z - 7-zip archives
• .tar.z - old-style compressed tar

Usage

./ext.sh file.tar.gz

Or add it to your ~/.bashrc / ~/.zshrc for global access:

alias ext='./ext.sh'

Then extract any archive with:

ext myfile.zip

Installation

1. Download the script:

   curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rootkit-io/Extracter/main/ext.sh

2. Make it executable:

   chmod +x ext.sh

3. (Optional) Move it to your PATH:

   sudo mv ext.sh /usr/local/bin/ext

Requirements

Make sure you have the necessary tools installed for the formats you want to extract:

• tar (usually pre-installed)
• gzip / gunzip
• bzip2 / bunzip2
• xz / unxz
• unzip
• unrar
• p7zip / 7z

On Debian/Ubuntu:

sudo apt install tar gzip bzip2 xz-utils unzip unrar p7zip-full

On Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S tar gzip bzip2 xz unzip unrar p7zip

License

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.