diff --git a/home-manager/modules/packages.nix b/home-manager/modules/packages.nix
index 00f963e..df7f95f 100644
--- a/home-manager/modules/packages.nix
+++ b/home-manager/modules/packages.nix
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ in {
           nix-build -E 'with import <nixpkgs> { }; callPackage ./default.nix { }'
         '')
         (callPackage ./../pkgs/toggl-time-grouper/package.nix { inherit python3Packages; })
+        (callPackage ./../pkgs/extract.nix { inherit pkgs; })
         nixpkgs-fmt
         toolbox
         distrobox
diff --git a/home-manager/pkgs/extract.nix b/home-manager/pkgs/extract.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..90b170b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-manager/pkgs/extract.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{ pkgs }:
+
+/* SOURCE: https://ostechnix.com/a-bash-function-to-extract-file-archives-of-various-types/ */
+
+pkgs.writeShellScriptBin "extract" ''
+if [ -f $1 ] ; then
+  case $1 in
+    *.tar.bz2)   ${pkgs.gnutar}/bin/tar xjf $1     ;;
+    *.tar.gz)    ${pkgs.gnutar}/bin/tar $1     ;;
+    *.bz2)       ${pkgs.bzip2}/bin/bunzip2 $1     ;;
+    *.rar)       ${pkgs.rar}/bin/rar x $1       ;;
+    *.gz)        ${pkgs.gzip}/bin/gunzip $1      ;;
+    *.tar)       ${pkgs.gnutar}/bin/tar xf $1      ;;
+    *.tbz2)      ${pkgs.gnutar}/bin/tar xjf $1     ;;
+    *.tgz)       ${pkgs.gnutar}/bin/tar xzf $1     ;;
+    *.zip)       ${pkgs.unzip}/bin/unzip $1       ;;
+    *.Z)         ${pkgs.gzip}/bin/uncompress $1  ;;
+    *.7z)        ${pkgs._7zz}/bin/7z x $1    ;;
+    *)           echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via extract()" ;;
+  esac
+else
+  echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
+fi
+''
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