How to extract files in terminal[solved]

Question

im trying to install themes and when i download the file i need to extract it and unless i switch to root in terminal i dont have permission to extract it to /usr/share/themes. so what code do i need to use tto exract files in terminal?
Last edited by pr0l1f1k (2010-01-21 01:10:45)

Answer 1

Also heres a handy little function that makes it easy to extract files from CLI if you cant remember the cmds. I have it in my /etc/bash.bashrc so it works for all users. Type "extract foo.bar" to extract. You might also need to install unzip,unrar or others.
extract () {
if [ -f $1 ] ; then
case $1 in
*.tar.bz2) tar xvjf $1 ;;
*.tar.gz) tar xvzf $1 ;;
*.tar.xz) tar xvJf $1 ;;
*.bz2) bunzip2 $1 ;;
*.rar) unrar x $1 ;;
*.gz) gunzip $1 ;;
*.tar) tar xvf $1 ;;
*.tbz2) tar xvjf $1 ;;
*.tgz) tar xvzf $1 ;;
*.zip) unzip $1 ;;
*.Z) uncompress $1 ;;
*.7z) 7z x $1 ;;
*.xz) unxz $1 ;;
*.exe) cabextract $1 ;;
*) echo "\`$1': unrecognized file compression" ;;
esac
else
echo "\`$1' is not a valid file"
fi