diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index bafa87b..aa0b006 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -75,3 +75,27 @@ alias gls="git ls-files"        # List files tracked by git
 alias gcl="git clone"           # Shortcut for git clone
 alias gtag="git tag"            # Shortcut for git tag
 
+# Function for extracting different types of archives
+ex () {
+    if [ -f "$1" ]; then
+        case "$1" in
+            *.tar.bz2)   tar xjf "$1" ;;
+            *.tar.gz)    tar xzf "$1" ;;
+            *.bz2)       bunzip2 "$1" ;;
+            *.rar)       unrar x "$1" ;;
+            *.gz)        gunzip "$1"  ;;
+            *.tar)       tar xf "$1"  ;;
+            *.tbz2)      tar xjf "$1" ;;
+            *.tgz)       tar xzf "$1" ;;
+            *.zip)       unzip "$1"   ;;
+            *.Z)         uncompress "$1" ;;
+            *.7z)        7z x "$1"    ;;
+            *.deb)       ar x "$1"    ;;
+            *.tar.xz)    tar xf "$1"  ;;
+            *.tar.zst)   tar xf "$1"  ;;
+            *)           echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via ex()" ;;
+        esac
+    else
+        echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
+    fi
+}