fix tar priority

[small-misc-bash] / ex

diff --git a/ex b/ex
index 775aba89dc69e23ffb7c77c518167c4228c9d1a7..cd9bd78ec0b367546d7d5e32dc6b59f9f210ce75 100755 (executable)
--- a/ex
+++ b/ex
@@ -15,27 +15,30 @@
 
 ex() {
     local help="Usage: ex [--help] FILE...
-Extract each FILE according to its extension.
-7z bz2 deb gz iso rar rpm tar xz zip & variations.
-See source for exact file extensions."
+Extract many types of files
+
+Based on their extensions,
+7z [tar.]bz2 deb [tar.]gz iso dsc rar rpm sfs tar xpi [tar.]xz zip Z.
+See source for exact file extensions.
+Note: dtrx (package & command) extracts most of these plus some others."
+
     if [[ $1 == --help ]]; then
         echo "$help"
     fi
     local x super
     for x in "$@"; do
         case "$x" in
+            # tars first, so they are higher pri than non-tar extensions
+            *.tar ) tar xf "$x" ;;
             *.tar.bz2 | *.tbz2 ) tar xjf "$x" ;;
             *.tar.gz | *.tgz ) tar xzf "$x" ;;
-            *.bz2 ) bunzip2 "$x" ;;
-            *.gz ) gunzip  "$x" ;;
-            *.tar ) tar xf "$x" ;;
-            *.zip ) unzip "$x" ;;
-            *.Z ) uncompress "$x" ;;
-            *.7z ) 7za x "$x" ;;
-            *.deb ) ar x "$x" ;;
-            *.rpm ) rpm2cpio "$x" | cpio --extract --make-directories ;;
             *.tar.xz ) tar Jxf "$x" ;;
             *.xz) xz -d "$x" ;;
+            *.7z ) 7za x "$x" ;;
+            *.bz2 ) bunzip2 "$x" ;;
+            *.deb ) ar x "$x" ;;
+            *.dsc) dpkg-source -x "$x" ;;
+            *.gz ) gunzip  "$x" ;;
             *.iso )
                 local super
                 if [[ $EUID != 0 ]]; then
@@ -49,9 +52,14 @@ See source for exact file extensions."
                 cp -a "$temp_dir"/* "$dir"
                 $super umount "$temp_dir"
                 ;;
+            *.jar) jar xf "$x" ;;
             *.r[0-9][0-9]|*.rar ) unrar x "$x" ;;
-            *.dsc) dpkg-source -x "$x" ;;
-            *)  echo "I don't kno how to extract $x";;
+            *.rpm ) rpm2cpio "$x" | cpio --extract --make-directories ;;
+            *.sfs) $super unsquashfs "$x" ;;
+            *.Z ) uncompress "$x" ;;
+            *.zip|*.xpi ) unzip "$x" ;;
+
+            *)  echo "I don't know how to extract $x";;
         esac
     done
 }