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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# credit: http://nparikh.org/notes/zshrc.txt
+# Usage: extract <file>
+# Description: extracts archived files / mounts disk images
+# Note: .dmg/hdiutil is Mac OS X-specific.
+
+do_autodetect () {
+  if file "$1" | grep -q 'Zip archive' ; then
+    unzip "$1"
+  else
+    echo "'$1' is not a recognized format"
+  fi
+}
+
+# first use a simple extension-based approach
+if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+  case $1 in
+    *.tar.bz2) tar -jxvf "$1"                    ;;
+    *.tar.gz)  tar -zxvf "$1"                    ;;
+    *.bz2)     bunzip2 "$1"                      ;;
+    *.dmg)     hdiutil mount "$1"                ;;
+    *.gz)      gunzip "$1"                       ;;
+    *.tar)     tar -xvf "$1"                     ;;
+    *.tbz2)    tar -jxvf "$1"                    ;;
+    *.tgz)     tar -zxvf "$1"                    ;;
+    *.zip)     unzip "$1"                        ;;
+    *.ZIP)     unzip "$1"                        ;;
+    *.pax)     pax -r < "$1"                     ;;
+    *.pax.Z)   uncompress "$1" --stdout | pax -r ;;
+    *.Z)       uncompress "$1"                   ;;
+
+    # if there is no recognized extension, try to auto-detect the file type
+    *)         do_autodetect "$1" ;;
+  esac
+else
+  echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
+fi