uncompress

#!/bin/bash

# Uncompress any archive
for compressed_file in "$@"; do

  if [[ "${compressed_file}" == *.tar.??? ]] \
  || [[ "${compressed_file}" == *.tar.??  ]]
    then EXTRACTION_DIR="${compressed_file%.*.*}"
    else EXTRACTION_DIR="${compressed_file%.*}"
    fi

  mkdir "$EXTRACTION_DIR"
  bsdtar --extract --cd "$EXTRACTION_DIR" --file="$compressed_file"
  done