extract all kinds of archives on the fly using extract command

If you are tired of remembering (googling) how to extract different kinds of archives like me, use this gem I found.

	#!/bin/bash
	# function Extract for common file formats
	function extract {
	if [ -z "$1" ]; then
	# display usage if no parameters given
	echo "Usage: extract <path/file_name>.<zip|rar|bz2|gz|tar|tbz2|tgz|Z|7z|xz|ex|tar.bz2|tar.gz|tar.xz>"
	else
	if [ -f "$1" ] ; then
	NAME=${1%.*}
	#mkdir $NAME && cd $NAME
	case "$1" in
	*.tar.bz2) tar xvjf ./"$1" ;;
	*.tar.gz) tar xvzf ./"$1" ;;
	*.tar.xz) tar xvJf ./"$1" ;;
	*.lzma) unlzma ./"$1" ;;
	*.bz2) bunzip2 ./"$1" ;;
	*.rar) unrar x -ad ./"$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 "extract: '$1' - unknown archive method" ;;
	esac
	else
	echo "'$1' - file does not exist"
	fi
	fi
	}

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The extract function can deal with all kinds of archives.  I found it is very handy.
see it from the original author on github.