#! /bin/bash

me="${0##*/}"

if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
  echo >&2 "Usage: $me command [args]"
  exit 1
fi

tmp=${TMPDIR-/tmp}/zz.$$
mkdir -m700 $tmp || exit 1

# --- Snarfle the arguments ---

declare -a cmd
declare -i i seq

cmd[0]="$1"; shift

i=1 seq=0
for j; do
  file="$1"; shift
  case "$file" in
    *.Z|*.z|*.gz)
      gunzip -c "$file" >$tmp/zz.$seq
      file=$tmp/zz.$seq
      seq=seq+1
      ;;
    *.bz2)
      bunzip2 -c "$file" >$tmp/zz.$seq
      file=$tmp/zz.$seq
      seq=seq+1
      ;;
  esac
  cmd[i]="$file"
  i=i+1
done

# --- Run the program ---

"${cmd[@]}"; stat=$?
rm -rf $tmp
exit $?