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+# Universal Extraction
+archex ()
+{
+  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
+}
+
+# Tar extraction like unzip
+alias untar='tar -xvf'