I've been using (Ubuntu's) file-roller to compress a range of files, e.g. .gz, .zip, .rar, .tar.gz, etc. It's nice because it provides a simple, uniform interface to de-compressing files in particular folders. However, it's pretty slow, apparently because it pops open a GUI window to tell you its uncompressing the file.
So I am wondering if anyone can recommend a tool that will uncompress multiple compression formats, and has a uniform interface?
7-zip can uncompress a wide variety of formats, including 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, DEB, DMG, HFS, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MSI, NSIS, RAR, RPM, UDF, WIM, XAR and Z.