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+Archive
+=======
+
+Provides functions to extract and list popular archive formats.
+
+Functions
+---------
+
+  - `extract` extracts the contents of one or more archives.
+  - `ls-archive` lists the contents of one or more archives.
+
+Supported Formats
+-----------------
+
+The following archive formats are supported when the required utilities are
+installed:
+
+  - *.tar.gz*, *.tgz* require `tar`.
+  - *.tar.bz2*, *.tbz* require `tar`.
+  - *.tar.xz*, *.txz* require `tar` with *xz* support.
+  - *.tar.zma*, *.tlz* require `tar` with *lzma* support.
+  - *.tar* requires `tar`.
+  - *.gz* requires `gunzip`.
+  - *.bz2* requires `bunzip2`.
+  - *.xz* requires `unxz`.
+  - *.lzma* requires `unlzma`.
+  - *.Z* requires `uncompress`.
+  - *.zip* requires `unzip`.
+  - *.rar* requires `unrar`.
+  - *.7z* requires `7za`.
+  - *.deb* requires `ar`, `tar`.
+
+Authors
+-------
+
+*The authors of this module should be contacted via the [issue tracker][1].*
+
+  - [Sorin Ionescu](https://github.com/sorin-ionescu)
+
+[1]: https://github.com/sorin-ionescu/oh-my-zsh/issues
+