Archives Reference Appendix

Source files

• .chezmoitemplates/aliases/archives/archives.aliases.sh

Alias reference

Alias	Command
ac	'compress' # Generic compression (Archive Create)
acl	'compress_large' # Legacy compress_large
bak	'backup' # Quick backup function
c7z	'7z a' # Create 7z archive
cbz	'bzip2 -zk' # Compress with bzip2
cgz	'gzip -cv' # Compress with gzip
clz4	'lz4 -zc' # Compress with lz4
crar	'rar a' # Create rar archive
ctar	'tar -cvf' # Create tar archive
ctbz	'tar -jcvf' # Create tar.bz2 archive
ctgz	'tar -zcvf' # Create tar.gz archive
ctxz	'tar -Jcvf' # Create tar.xz archive
ctzst	'tar --zstd -cvf' # Create tar.zst archive
cxz	'xz -z' # Compress with xz
czip	'zip -r' # Create zip archive
czst	'zstd -z' # Compress with zstd
l7z	'7z l' # List 7z archive contents
lar	'list_archive' # Generic list archive contents
lrar	'unrar l' # List rar archive contents
ltar	'tar -tvf' # List tar archive contents
ltbz	'tar -tjvf' # List tar.bz2 archive contents
ltgz	'tar -tzvf' # List tar.gz archive contents
ltxz	'tar -tJvf' # List tar.xz archive contents
ltzst	'tar --zstd -tvf' # List tar.zst archive contents
lzip	'unzip -l' # List zip archive contents
x	'extract' # Extract any supported archive (using universal extract script)
x7z	'7z x' # Extract 7z archive
xbz	'bzip2 -dk' # Extract bzip2
xgz	'gzip -dv' # Extract gzip
xlz4	'lz4 -dc' # Extract lz4
xrar	'unrar x' # Extract rar archive
xtar	'tar -xvf' # Extract tar archive
xtbz	'tar -jxvf' # Extract tar.bz2 archive
xtgz	'tar -zxvf' # Extract tar.gz archive
xtxz	'tar -Jxvf' # Extract tar.xz archive
xtzst	'tar --zstd -xvf' # Extract tar.zst archive
xxz	'xz -d' # Extract xz
xzip	'unzip' # Extract zip archive
xzst	'zstd -d' # Extract zstd
zap	dot_confirm_destructive "rm -vi (zap)" && rm -vi

Helper functions

• backup()
• compress()
• extract()

Validation

• Run chezmoi apply after alias updates.
• Run dot doctor to validate your shell state.