improved/ modernised "ex"-function

home_external/.bashrc

@@ -186,26 +186,29 @@ colours() {
 
 # ex - archive extractor
 # usage: ex <file>
-ex ()
+ex() {
-{
+   if [[ ! -f "$1" ]]; then
-  if [ -f $1 ] ; then
-    case $1 in
-      *.tar.bz2)   tar xjf $1   ;;
-      *.tar.gz)    tar xzf $1   ;;
-      *.bz2)       bunzip2 $1   ;;
-      *.rar)       unrar x $1   ;;
-      *.gz)        gunzip $1    ;;
-      *.tar)       tar xf $1    ;;
-      *.tbz2)      tar xjf $1   ;;
-      *.tgz)       tar xzf $1   ;;
-      *.zip)       unzip $1     ;;
-      *.Z)         uncompress $1;;
-      *.7z)        7z x $1      ;;
-      *)           echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via ex()" ;;
-    esac
-  else
       echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
+      return 1;
    fi
+   # FIXME 7z kann (theoretisch) tar
+   outdir=${1%.*}
+   case "$1" in
+      *.tar.bz2 | *.tbz | *.tbz2)
+         tar xjf $1 -C $outdir;;
+      *.tar.gz  | *.tgz)
+         tar xzf $1 -C $outdir;;
+      *.tar)
+         tar xf $1 -C $outdir;;
+      *.7z | *.zip | *.gz | *.bz | *.bz2)
+         7z x -o$outdir $1;;
+      *.rar)
+         unrar x $1;;
+      *.Z)
+         uncompress $1;;
+      *)
+         echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via ex()";;
+   esac
 }
 
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