update July 17, 2018
NAME
bl_decompress.sh - Decompress files
based on file extension.
SYNOPSIS
bl_decompress.sh
filelist
DESCRIPTION
filelist - This
is a list of filenames, one name per line.
For each file in filelist, the decompression program is chosen
based on the file extension, and the file is decompressed.
Consequently, files in the list may be in different compression
formats, and the appropriate program will be chosen for each file.
The following file formats are currently supported:
Compressed file format
|
File extension
|
program
|
GNU Zip
|
gz
|
unpigz
|
Zip
|
zip
|
unzip
|
bzip2
|
bz2
|
bunzip2
|
7z
|
7z
|
p7zip
|
REFERENCES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_archive_formats
AUTHOR
Dr. Brian Fristensky
Department of Plant Science
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB Canada R3T 2N2
brian.fristensky@umanitoba.ca
http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~frist