| #!/bin/bash | |
| # Smart cat: calls cat, zcat, or bzcat on each of a list of files, as | |
| # appropriate. | |
| for file in $@; do | |
| text=$(file -L $file) | |
| if [[ $text =~ "gzip" ]]; then | |
| gzip -cd $file | |
| elif [[ $text =~ "bzip2" ]]; then | |
| bzcat $file | |
| else | |
| cat $file | |
| fi | |
| done |