Universal archive unpacker script for Linux. Easily unpack any archive with the terminal.

The unp script for Linux is a script that will detect what the archive is and call the appropriate program to handle it. This is a very useful script for the command line user. In the example below I am unpacking a zip file. jason@eyjafjallajkull:~/Downloads$ unp northwind.sql_.zip Archive: northwind.sql_.zip inflating: northwind.sqljason@eyjafjallajkull:~/Downloads$ unp northwind.sql_.zip Archive: northwind.sql_.zip … Read more

How to open a rar file with the Linux command line. This is very easy.

The unrar command for Linux takes care of opening rar files. Firstly, install the command with the yum install unrar command. [root@localhost Downloads]# yum install unrar[root@localhost Downloads]# yum install unrar Or this way on a Debian GNU/Linux system. [user@debian ~]$ sudo apt-get install unrar[user@debian ~]$ sudo apt-get install unrar Then you may unpack your rar … Read more