diff --git a/.bash_aliases b/.bash_aliases
index 3336c0e..0f2ff4b 100644
--- a/.bash_aliases
+++ b/.bash_aliases
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ alias la='ls -AF'
 alias lsl="ls -lhFA | less"
 alias lt='du -sh * | sort -h'
 
+alias rm='rm -r'
 alias mkdir='mkdir -pv'
 
 alias cd..='cd ..'
@@ -75,7 +76,7 @@ alias shutdown='sudo /sbin/shutdown'
 
 alias meminfo='free -mlth'
 alias psmem='ps auxf | sort -nr -k 4 | less -R'
-
+alias wake="echo $'\a'"  # command; wake &
 
 alias music='mplayer -shuffle ~/Music/*'
 
@@ -88,4 +89,4 @@ alias ve='python3 -m virtualenv venv'
 alias vd='deactivate'
 
 
-
+alias myshs='ps aux | grep -E "$(basename $SHELL)$" | grep -E "$USER"'
diff --git a/.bash_functions b/.bash_functions
index 6652de2..9e5fd28 100644
--- a/.bash_functions
+++ b/.bash_functions
@@ -72,3 +72,24 @@ va() {
     fi
 }
 
+# classic archive extractor
+extract () {
+    if [ -f "$1" ] ; then
+        case "$1" in
+            *.tar.bz2) tar xvjf "$1"   ;;
+            *.tar.gz)  tar xvzf "$1"   ;;
+            *.bz2)     bunzip2 "$1"    ;;
+            *.rar)     unrar x "$1"    ;;
+            *.gz)      gunzip "$1"     ;;
+            *.tar)     tar xvf "$1"    ;;
+            *.tbz2)    tar xvjf "$1"   ;;
+            *.tgz)     tar xvzf "$1"   ;;
+            *.zip)     unzip "$1"      ;;
+            *.Z)       uncompress "$1" ;;
+            *.7z)      7z x "$1"       ;;
+            *)         echo "'$1' cannot be extracted via $0" ;;
+        esac
+    else
+        echo "'$1' is not a valid file"
+    fi
+}
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