functions.zsh

# -------------------------------------------------------------------
# Functions 
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# List directory contents after a 'cd'
function chpwd() {
     emulate -LR zsh
         ls -F
         }

# view man pages in Preview
function pman() { ps=`mktemp -t manpageXXXX`.ps ; man -t $@ > "$ps" ; open "$ps" ; }

# nice mount (http://catonmat.net/blog/another-ten-one-liners-from-commandlingfu-explained)
# displays mounted drive information in a nicely formatted manner
function nicemount() { (echo "DEVICE PATH TYPE FLAGS" && mount | awk '$2="";1') | column -t ; }

# Figure out what a file is and use the proper command to extract it
function extract () {
   if [ -f $1 ] ; then
       case $1 in
           *.tar.bz2)   tar xvjf $1    ;;
           *.tar.gz)    tar xvzf $1    ;;
           *.bz2)       bunzip2 $1     ;;
           *.rar)       unrar x $1       ;;
           *.gz)        gunzip $1      ;;
           *.tar)       tar xvf $1     ;;
           *.tbz2)      tar xvjf $1    ;;
           *.tgz)       tar xvzf $1    ;;
           *.zip)       unzip $1       ;;
           *.Z)         uncompress $1  ;;
           *.7z)        7z x $1        ;;
           *)           echo "don't know how to extract '$1'..." ;;
       esac
   else
       echo "'$1' is not a valid file!"
   fi
 }