With this little tool you can extract almost any archive in Linux so you do not need to remember which tool and what command lines are necessary.
Usage:
# Extract a zip file: e file.zip
# Extract a rar file: e file.rar
# Extract several archives, one after another: e a.tar.gz b.tar.bz2 c.cab d.deb e.rpm
# Extract every file from the current directory: e *
Download e Here
sudo apt-get install ruby
wget http://martin.ankerl.com/files/e
chmod a+x e
sudo mv e /usr/local/bin
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