extract_archive

#!/bin/bash

archived_file=$1
# latest_file=$(find $HOME/Downloads/ \( -iname \*.zip -o -iname \*.tar.gz -o -iname \*.tgz -o -iname \*.xz -o -iname \*.tar.bz2 \) -type f -newermt $(date '+%F') -ls | gawk '{ print $11}' | sort -f -i -r | head -1 )

extension="${archived_file##*.}"
#extension2="${archived_file#*.}"

filename="${archived_file%.*}"
filename2=$(basename -- "${filename%.*}")

usage() {
	if [[ "$archived_file" ==  "" ]];then
		echo "You are suppose to use: $(basename $0) filename.[zip|tar.gz|tgz|bz2|xz]"
		exit 1
	fi
}

if [[ "$extension" == "zip" ]];then
       $(command -v unzip) "$archived_file" >/dev/null 2>&1
elif [[ "$extension" == "gz" ]];then
	$(command -v tar) -xvzf "$archived_file" >/dev/null 2>&1
#elif [[ "$extension2" == "tar.gz" ]];then
#	$(command -v tar) xvzf "$archived_file" >/dev/null 2>&1
elif [[ "$extension" == "bz2" ]];then
	$(command -v bunzip2) "$archived_file" >/dev/null 2>&1
        $(command -v tar) -xvf "$filename" >/dev/null 2>&1
elif [[ "$extension" == "xz" ]];then
	$(command -v unxz) "$archived_file" >/dev/null 2>&1
else
	      echo Archiving has failed
              usage
fi