wget, tar xzvf, cd, ls

wtzc () { wget "$@"; foo=`echo "$@" | sed 's:.*/::'`; tar xzvf $foo; blah=`echo $foo | sed 's:,*/::'`; bar=`echo $blah | sed -e 's/$.*$\..*/\1/' -e 's/$.*$\..*/\1/'`; cd $bar; ls; }

Combines a few repetitive tasks when compiling source code. Especially useful when a hypen in a file-name breaks tab completion. 1.) wget source.tar.gz 2.) tar xzvf source.tar.gz 3.) cd source 4.) ls From there you can run ./configure, make and etc.

Sample Output

[user@host Downloads]$ wtzc http://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz
--2010-01-17 03:19:56--  http://www.zlib.net/zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz
Resolving www.zlib.net... 69.73.181.135
Connecting to www.zlib.net|69.73.181.135|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 496597 (485K) [application/x-tar]
Saving to: `zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz'

100%[======================================>] 496,597      337K/s   in 1.4s    

2010-01-17 03:19:58 (337 KB/s) - `zlib-1.2.3.tar.gz' saved [496597/496597]

zlib-1.2.3/
zlib-1.2.3/adler32.c
zlib-1.2.3/algorithm.txt
zlib-1.2.3/amiga/
zlib-1.2.3/amiga/Makefile.pup
zlib-1.2.3/amiga/Makefile.sas
zlib-1.2.3/as400/
zlib-1.2.3/as400/bndsrc
zlib-1.2.3/as400/compile.clp
zlib-1.2.3/as400/readme.txt
zlib-1.2.3/as400/zlib.inc
zlib-1.2.3/ChangeLog
zlib-1.2.3/compress.c
zlib-1.2.3/configure
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/buffer_demo.adb
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/mtest.adb
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/read.adb
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/readme.txt
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/test.adb
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/zlib-streams.adb
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/zlib-streams.ads
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/zlib-thin.adb
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/zlib-thin.ads
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/zlib.adb
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/zlib.ads
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/ada/zlib.gpr
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/asm586/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/asm586/match.S
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/asm586/README.586
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/asm686/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/asm686/match.S
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/asm686/README.686
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/blast/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/blast/blast.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/blast/blast.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/blast/Makefile
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/blast/README
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/blast/test.pk
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/blast/test.txt
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/delphi/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/delphi/readme.txt
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/delphi/ZLib.pas
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/delphi/ZLibConst.pas
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/delphi/zlibd32.mak
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib/AssemblyInfo.cs
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib/ChecksumImpl.cs
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib/CircularBuffer.cs
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib/CodecBase.cs
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib/Deflater.cs
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib/DotZLib.cs
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib/DotZLib.csproj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib/GZipStream.cs
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib/Inflater.cs
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib/UnitTests.cs
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib.build
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib.chm
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/DotZLib.sln
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/LICENSE_1_0.txt
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/dotzlib/readme.txt
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/infback9/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/infback9/infback9.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/infback9/infback9.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/infback9/inffix9.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/infback9/inflate9.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/infback9/inftree9.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/infback9/inftree9.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/infback9/README
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/inflate86/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/inflate86/inffas86.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/inflate86/inffast.S
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream/test.cpp
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream/zfstream.cpp
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream/zfstream.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream2/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream2/zstream.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream2/zstream_test.cpp
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream3/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream3/README
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream3/test.cc
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream3/TODO
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream3/zfstream.cc
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/iostream3/zfstream.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masm686/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masm686/match.asm
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx64/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx64/bld_ml64.bat
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx64/gvmat64.asm
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx64/gvmat64.obj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx64/inffas8664.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx64/inffasx64.asm
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx64/inffasx64.obj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx64/readme.txt
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx86/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx86/bld_ml32.bat
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx86/gvmat32.asm
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx86/gvmat32.obj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx86/gvmat32c.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx86/inffas32.asm
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx86/inffas32.obj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx86/mkasm.bat
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/masmx86/readme.txt
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/ChangeLogUnzip
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/crypt.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/ioapi.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/ioapi.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/iowin32.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/iowin32.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/Makefile
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/miniunz.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/minizip.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/mztools.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/mztools.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/unzip.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/unzip.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/zip.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/minizip/zip.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/pascal/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/pascal/example.pas
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/pascal/readme.txt
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/pascal/zlibd32.mak
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/pascal/zlibpas.pas
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/puff/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/puff/Makefile
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/puff/puff.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/puff/puff.h
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/puff/README
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/puff/zeros.raw
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/README.contrib
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/testzlib/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/testzlib/testzlib.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/testzlib/testzlib.txt
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/untgz/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/untgz/Makefile
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/untgz/Makefile.msc
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/untgz/untgz.c
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/readme.txt
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc7/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc7/miniunz.vcproj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc7/minizip.vcproj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc7/testzlib.vcproj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc7/zlib.rc
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc7/zlibstat.vcproj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc7/zlibvc.def
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc7/zlibvc.sln
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc7/zlibvc.vcproj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc8/
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc8/miniunz.vcproj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc8/minizip.vcproj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc8/testzlib.vcproj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc8/testzlibdll.vcproj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc8/zlib.rc
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc8/zlibstat.vcproj
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc8/zlibvc.def
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc8/zlibvc.sln
zlib-1.2.3/contrib/vstudio/vc8/zlibvc.vcproj
zlib-1.2.3/crc32.c
zlib-1.2.3/crc32.h
zlib-1.2.3/deflate.c
zlib-1.2.3/deflate.h
zlib-1.2.3/example.c
zlib-1.2.3/examples/
zlib-1.2.3/examples/fitblk.c
zlib-1.2.3/examples/gun.c
zlib-1.2.3/examples/gzappend.c
zlib-1.2.3/examples/gzjoin.c
zlib-1.2.3/examples/gzlog.c
zlib-1.2.3/examples/gzlog.h
zlib-1.2.3/examples/README.examples
zlib-1.2.3/examples/zlib_how.html
zlib-1.2.3/examples/zpipe.c
zlib-1.2.3/examples/zran.c
zlib-1.2.3/FAQ
zlib-1.2.3/gzio.c
zlib-1.2.3/INDEX
zlib-1.2.3/infback.c
zlib-1.2.3/inffast.c
zlib-1.2.3/inffast.h
zlib-1.2.3/inffixed.h
zlib-1.2.3/inflate.c
zlib-1.2.3/inflate.h
zlib-1.2.3/inftrees.c
zlib-1.2.3/inftrees.h
zlib-1.2.3/make_vms.com
zlib-1.2.3/Makefile
zlib-1.2.3/Makefile.in
zlib-1.2.3/minigzip.c
zlib-1.2.3/msdos/
zlib-1.2.3/msdos/Makefile.bor
zlib-1.2.3/msdos/Makefile.dj2
zlib-1.2.3/msdos/Makefile.emx
zlib-1.2.3/msdos/Makefile.msc
zlib-1.2.3/msdos/Makefile.tc
zlib-1.2.3/old/
zlib-1.2.3/old/descrip.mms
zlib-1.2.3/old/Makefile.riscos
zlib-1.2.3/old/os2/
zlib-1.2.3/old/os2/Makefile.os2
zlib-1.2.3/old/os2/zlib.def
zlib-1.2.3/old/README
zlib-1.2.3/old/visual-basic.txt
zlib-1.2.3/old/zlib.html
zlib-1.2.3/projects/
zlib-1.2.3/projects/README.projects
zlib-1.2.3/projects/visualc6/
zlib-1.2.3/projects/visualc6/example.dsp
zlib-1.2.3/projects/visualc6/minigzip.dsp
zlib-1.2.3/projects/visualc6/README.txt
zlib-1.2.3/projects/visualc6/zlib.dsp
zlib-1.2.3/projects/visualc6/zlib.dsw
zlib-1.2.3/qnx/
zlib-1.2.3/qnx/package.qpg
zlib-1.2.3/README
zlib-1.2.3/trees.c
zlib-1.2.3/trees.h
zlib-1.2.3/uncompr.c
zlib-1.2.3/win32/
zlib-1.2.3/win32/DLL_FAQ.txt
zlib-1.2.3/win32/Makefile.bor
zlib-1.2.3/win32/Makefile.emx
zlib-1.2.3/win32/Makefile.gcc
zlib-1.2.3/win32/Makefile.msc
zlib-1.2.3/win32/VisualC.txt
zlib-1.2.3/win32/zlib.def
zlib-1.2.3/win32/zlib1.rc
zlib-1.2.3/zconf.h
zlib-1.2.3/zconf.in.h
zlib-1.2.3/zlib.3
zlib-1.2.3/zlib.h
zlib-1.2.3/zutil.c
zlib-1.2.3/zutil.h
adler32.c      crc32.c    INDEX       inftrees.h    qnx         zlib.3
algorithm.txt  crc32.h    infback.c   Makefile      README      zlib.h
amiga          deflate.c  inffast.c   Makefile.in   trees.c     zutil.c
as400          deflate.h  inffast.h   make_vms.com  trees.h     zutil.h
ChangeLog      example.c  inffixed.h  minigzip.c    uncompr.c
compress.c     examples   inflate.c   msdos         win32
configure      FAQ        inflate.h   old           zconf.h
contrib        gzio.c     inftrees.c  projects      zconf.in.h
[user@host zlib-1.2.3]$

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2010-01-17 11:25:47

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