This document is a WORK IN PROGRESS.
This is just a quick personal cheat sheet: treat its contents with caution!

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Archives commands

TODO: split this cheat sheet in dedicated ones (one per command)

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Table of contents

• zip
• unzip
• tar
• auto extraction

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zip

$ zip -r directorie_to_zip ziped_directorie
$ zip file_to_zip ziped_file

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unzip

unzip file_to_unzip.zip

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tar

• Extract .tar.gz:

  $ tar -zxvf data.tar.gz
  

• Extract .tar.bz2:

  $ tar -jxvf data.tar.bz2
  

• Compress to .tar.gz

  $ tar -czvf name-of-archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory-or-file
  

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auto extraction

• Script automating extraction:

  $ vi $HOME/.bashrc # or ${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zshrc or wherever
      > ...
      > # archive extraction (usage: `$ ex <file-archive-to-extract>`)
      > #
      > # prerequisites:
      > #   * tar: <https://repology.org/project/tar/versions>
      > #   * unrar: <https://repology.org/project/unrar/versions>
      > #   * unzip: <https://repology.org/project/unzip/versions>
      > ex ()
      > {
      >   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      ;;
      >       #*.deb)       ar x $1      ;;
      >       *.tar.xz)    tar xf $1    ;;
      >       #*.tar.zst)   unzstd $1    ;;      
      >       *)           echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via ex()" ;;
      >     esac
      >   else
      >     echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
      >   fi
      > }
      > ...
  
  $ source $HOME/.bashrc # or ${ZDOTDIR:-${HOME}}/.zshrc or wherever
  

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