I've used this for years, not because I can't remember tar, gunzip, unzip, unrar, 7z, etc commands (although it takes a second to recall which flags to use for a particular archive format), but because it prevents tarbombs/zipbombs from filling my current working directory. It first extracts the archive to a temporary folder, and if it notices only one file in the folder, it moves it back one directory. One minor complaint is that "aunpack" is awkward to type, so I've aliased it to `a`.
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I use atool (http://www.nongnu.org/atool/) You can just do "aunpack file" or "atool -x file", same goes for packing..
I've used this for years, not because I can't remember tar, gunzip, unzip, unrar, 7z, etc commands (although it takes a second to recall which flags to use for a particular archive format), but because it prevents tarbombs/zipbombs from filling my current working directory. It first extracts the archive to a temporary folder, and if it notices only one file in the folder, it moves it back one directory. One minor complaint is that "aunpack" is awkward to type, so I've aliased it to `a`.