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 | colored-man-pages | Adds a few colors to `man` pages.                                                                                           |
 | chezmoi           | Dotfile management tool enabling management of user environment configuration.                                              |
 | dotnet            | This plugin provides completion and useful aliases for .NET Core CLI.                                                       |
+| extract           | This plugin defines a function called `extract` that extracts the archive file you pass it, and it supports a wide variety of archive filetypes. |
 | fasd              | Utility easing filesystem navigation through shortcuts and abbreviated commands.                                            |
 | fzf               | A command-line fuzzy finder.                                                                                                |
 | gcloud            | Command-line tools for interacting with Google Cloud Platform (GCP).                                                        |
diff --git a/plugins/extract/README.md b/plugins/extract/README.md
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+# extract plugin
+
+This plugin defines a function called `extract` that extracts the archive file you pass it, and it supports a
+wide variety of archive filetypes.
+
+This way you don't have to know what specific command extracts a file, you just do `extract <filename>` and
+the function takes care of the rest.
+
+To use it, add `extract` to the plugins array in your zshrc file:
+
+```zsh
+plugins=(... extract)
+```
+
+## Supported file extensions
+
+| Extension         | Description                          |
+| :---------------- | :----------------------------------- |
+| `7z`              | 7zip file                            |
+| `Z`               | Z archive (LZW)                      |
+| `apk`             | Android app file                     |
+| `aar`             | Android library file                 |
+| `bz2`             | Bzip2 file                           |
+| `cab`             | Microsoft cabinet archive            |
+| `cpio`            | Cpio archive                         |
+| `deb`             | Debian package                       |
+| `ear`             | Enterprise Application aRchive       |
+| `exe`             | Windows executable file              |
+| `gz`              | Gzip file                            |
+| `ipa`             | iOS app package                      |
+| `ipsw`            | iOS firmware file                    |
+| `jar`             | Java Archive                         |
+| `lrz`             | LRZ archive                          |
+| `lz4`             | LZ4 archive                          |
+| `lzma`            | LZMA archive                         |
+| `obscpio`         | cpio archive used on OBS             |
+| `rar`             | WinRAR archive                       |
+| `rpm`             | RPM package                          |
+| `sublime-package` | Sublime Text package                 |
+| `tar`             | Tarball                              |
+| `tar.bz2`         | Tarball with bzip2 compression       |
+| `tar.gz`          | Tarball with gzip compression        |
+| `tar.lrz`         | Tarball with lrzip compression       |
+| `tar.lz`          | Tarball with lzip compression        |
+| `tar.lz4`         | Tarball with lz4 compression         |
+| `tar.xz`          | Tarball with lzma2 compression       |
+| `tar.zma`         | Tarball with lzma compression        |
+| `tar.zst`         | Tarball with zstd compression        |
+| `tbz`             | Tarball with bzip compression        |
+| `tbz2`            | Tarball with bzip2 compression       |
+| `tgz`             | Tarball with gzip compression        |
+| `tlz`             | Tarball with lzma compression        |
+| `txz`             | Tarball with lzma2 compression       |
+| `tzst`            | Tarball with zstd compression        |
+| `vsix`            | VS Code extension zip file           |
+| `war`             | Web Application archive (Java-based) |
+| `whl`             | Python wheel file                    |
+| `xpi`             | Mozilla XPI module file              |
+| `xz`              | LZMA2 archive                        |
+| `zip`             | Zip archive                          |
+| `zlib`            | zlib archive                         |
+| `zst`             | Zstandard file (zstd)                |
+| `zpaq`            | Zpaq file                            |
+
+See [list of archive formats](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_archive_formats) for more information
+regarding archive formats.
+
diff --git a/plugins/extract/extract.plugin.sh b/plugins/extract/extract.plugin.sh
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+alias x=extract
+
+extract() {
+  if [[ $# -eq 0 ]]; then
+    cat >&2 <<'EOF'
+Usage: extract [-option] [file ...]
+
+Options:
+    -r, --remove    Remove archive after unpacking.
+EOF
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  local remove_archive=1
+  if [[ "$1" == "-r" || "$1" == "--remove" ]]; then
+    remove_archive=0
+    shift
+  fi
+
+  local pwd="$PWD"
+  while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
+    if [[ ! -f "$1" ]]; then
+      echo "extract: '$1' is not a valid file" >&2
+      shift
+      continue
+    fi
+
+    local success=0
+    local file="$1" full_path="$(realpath "$1")"
+    local extract_dir="${file%.*}"
+
+    if [[ "${extract_dir}" =~ ".tar$" ]]; then
+      extract_dir="${extract_dir%.*}"
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -e "$extract_dir" ]]; then
+      local rnd="$(head /dev/urandom | tr -dc A-Za-z0-9 | head -c 5)"
+      extract_dir="${extract_dir}-${rnd}"
+    fi
+
+    mkdir -p "$extract_dir"
+    cd "$extract_dir" || return
+    echo "extract: extracting to $extract_dir" >&2
+
+    case "${file,,}" in
+      *.tar.gz|*.tgz) [[ $(command -v pigz) ]] && tar -I pigz -xvf "$full_path" || tar zxvf "$full_path" ;;
+      *.tar.bz2|*.tbz|*.tbz2) [[ $(command -v pbzip2) ]] && tar -I pbzip2 -xvf "$full_path" || tar xvjf "$full_path" ;;
+      *.tar.xz|*.txz) [[ $(command -v pixz) ]] && tar -I pixz -xvf "$full_path" || tar --xz -xvf "$full_path" || xzcat "$full_path" | tar xvf - ;;
+      *.tar.lzma|*.tlz) tar --lzma -xvf "$full_path" || lzcat "$full_path" | tar xvf - ;;
+      *.tar.zst|*.tzst) tar --zstd -xvf "$full_path" || zstdcat "$full_path" | tar xvf - ;;
+      *.tar) tar xvf "$full_path" ;;
+      *.tar.lz) [[ $(command -v lzip) ]] && tar xvf "$full_path" ;;
+      *.tar.lz4) lz4 -c -d "$full_path" | tar xvf - ;;
+      *.tar.lrz) [[ $(command -v lrzuntar) ]] && lrzuntar "$full_path" ;;
+      *.gz) [[ $(command -v pigz) ]] && pigz -cdk "$full_path" > "${file%.*}" || gunzip -ck "$full_path" > "${file%.*}" ;;
+      *.bz2) [[ $(command -v pbzip2) ]] && pbzip2 -d "$full_path" || bunzip2 "$full_path" ;;
+      *.xz) unxz "$full_path" ;;
+      *.lrz) [[ $(command -v lrunzip) ]] && lrunzip "$full_path" ;;
+      *.lz4) lz4 -d "$full_path" ;;
+      *.lzma) unlzma "$full_path" ;;
+      *.z) uncompress "$full_path" ;;
+      *.zip) unzip "$full_path" ;;
+      *.rar) unrar x -ad "$full_path" ;;
+      *.rpm) rpm2cpio "$full_path" | cpio --quiet -id ;;
+      *.7z) 7z x "$full_path" ;;
+      *.deb)
+        mkdir -p "control" "data"
+        ar vx "$full_path" > /dev/null
+        (cd control && extract ../control.tar.*)
+        (cd data && extract ../data.tar.*)
+        rm -f *.tar.* debian-binary
+        ;;
+      *.zst) unzstd --stdout "$full_path" > "${file%.*}" ;;
+      *.cab|*.exe) cabextract "$full_path" ;;
+      *.cpio|*.obscpio) cpio -idmvF "$full_path" ;;
+      *.zpaq) zpaq x "$full_path" ;;
+      *.zlib) zlib-flate -uncompress < "$full_path" > "${file%.*}" ;;
+      *)
+        echo "extract: '$file' cannot be extracted" >&2
+        success=1 ;;
+    esac
+
+    if [[ $success -eq 0 && $remove_archive -eq 0 ]]; then
+      rm "$full_path"
+    fi
+    shift
+    cd "$pwd" || return
+  done
+}