#!/bin/sh INPUT="$1" if [ -z "$INPUT" -o "$INPUT" = "--help" ]; then echo "deb2tarball by B. Watson , WTFPL" echo "Usage: `basename $0` filename.deb" exit 0 fi # used to always be data.tar.gz, newer debs might have data.tar.xz, # so we have to check. ar doesn't support wildcards like tar does, so # we can't just say "data.tar.*". DATA="$( ar t "$INPUT" 2>/dev/null | grep '^data\.tar\.' )" if [ -z "$DATA" ]; then echo "Can't find any data.tar.* file(s) in the archive, invalid deb?" 2>&1 exit 1 fi EXT="$( echo $DATA | cut -d. -f2- )" OUTPUT="`basename $1 .deb`".$EXT echo "$OUTPUT" ar p "$INPUT" "$DATA" > "$OUTPUT"