325 open () {
326 
327         if [[ -f "$1" ]]
328 
329         then
330 
331                 case "$1" in
332 
333                       (*.tar.bz2) tar -xvjf "$1" ;;
334 
335                       (*.tar.gz) tar -xvzf "$1" ;;
336 
337                       (*.ace) unace e "$1" ;;
338 
339                       (*.rar) unrar x "$1" ;;
340 
341                       (*.deb) ar -x "$1" ;;
342 
343                       (*.bz2) bzip2 -d "$1" ;;
344 
345                       (*.lzh) lha x "$1" ;;
346 
347                       (*.gz) gunzip -d "$1" ;;
348 
349                       (*.tar) tar -xvf "$1" ;;
350 
351                       (*.tgz) gunzip -d "$1" ;;
352 
353                       (*.tbz2) tar -jxvf "$1" ;;
354 
355                       (*.zip) unzip "$1" ;;
356 
357                       (*.Z) uncompress "$1" ;;
358 
359                       (*.shar) sh "$1" ;;
360 
361                       (*) echo "'"$1"' Error. Please go away" ;;
362 
363                 esac
364 
365         else
366 
367                 echo "'"$1"' is not a valid file"
368 
369         fi
370 
371 }