Very Simple Unrar script needed

[voorhees1979]

Hi all

Was wondering if any of you guys can help me. I unrar quite a few files and I like to see the time it takes. So a simple cmd like:

time unrar e file

will unrar and give me time taken at the end. Im after a script that will add time unrar e by itself so all i have to type is one cmd with filename. Something like:

urar file

The script will do the time unrar e

I tried this:

#!/bin/bash
time unrar e

saved that as urar.py

Saved it and made it chmod +x but when i did ./urar.py file

But that didnt work

Any help would be great.

Many thanks

[cgrebeld]

Just add the argument to the command for a bash script:

#!/bin/bash
time unrar e $1

I don't know why you're saving it as .py though... that isn't python code. just save it as 'unrar'

[Kieren]

While cgrebeld's solution would work for your script you may want to look into alias'. An alias will let you create your own commands. So if you set an alias like this:

alias trar='time unrar e $1'

Then you will be able to use the command:

trar filename

In any directory you want, rather than having to run a script. When you end your session the alias will be lost so you may want to add the alias line to your .bashrc file

[voorhees1979]

Both of you guys are fantastic. Thanks for all the help. This is just what I needed

Cheers