diff --git a/configs/shell/.zsh/functions/helpers.zsh b/configs/shell/.zsh/functions/helpers.zsh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68b119b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/configs/shell/.zsh/functions/helpers.zsh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+params_required() {
+    local param_name="$1"
+    local param_value="$2"
+    local error_message="$3"
+
+    if [ -z "$error_message" ]; then
+        error_message="Parameter '$param_name' is required but not provided."
+    fi
+
+    if [ -z "$param_value" ]; then
+        echo "$error_message" >&2
+        exit 1
+    fi
+}
diff --git a/configs/shell/.zsh/functions/main.zsh b/configs/shell/.zsh/functions/main.zsh
index 7c0e3ff..2e68ddf 100644
--- a/configs/shell/.zsh/functions/main.zsh
+++ b/configs/shell/.zsh/functions/main.zsh
@@ -7,3 +7,26 @@ convert_video_to_gif() {
 
     echo "GIF created: $output_filename"
 }
+
+extract() {
+    params_required "File" "$1" "Usage: extract <path/file_name>.<zip|rar|bz2|gz|tar|tbz2|tgz|Z|7z|xz|ex|tar.bz2|tar.gz|tar.xz>"
+
+    case $1 in
+    *.tar.bz2) tar xvjf $1 ;;
+    *.tar.gz) tar xvzf $1 ;;
+    *.tar.xz) tar xvJf $1 ;;
+    *.lzma) unlzma $1 ;;
+    *.bz2) bunzip2 $1 ;;
+    *.rar) unrar x -ad $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 ;;
+    *.xz) unxz $1 ;;
+    *.exe) cabextract $1 ;;
+    *) echo "extract: '$1' - unknown archive method" ;;
+    esac
+}
diff --git a/configs/shell/.zsh/functions/utils.zsh b/configs/shell/.zsh/functions/utils.zsh
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/configs/shell/.zshrc b/configs/shell/.zshrc
index 3b98011..9d971a9 100644
--- a/configs/shell/.zshrc
+++ b/configs/shell/.zshrc
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ ZSH_THEME="nebirhos"
 # zsh-autosuggestions: https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions/blob/master/INSTALL.md
 plugins=(zsh-syntax-highlighting zsh-autosuggestions git themes jsontools)
 
+source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
+source ~/.zsh/functions/helpers.zsh
+source ~/.zsh/functions/main.zsh
+source ~/.zsh/aliases/main.zsh
+
 if [[ "$OS" = void ]]; then
     source ~/.zsh/os/void.zsh
 elif [[ "$OS" = debian ]]; then
@@ -16,8 +21,4 @@ else
     echo "Unsupported operating system: $OS"
 fi
 
-source $ZSH/oh-my-zsh.sh
-source ~/.zsh/functions/main.zsh
-source ~/.zsh/aliases/main.zsh
-
 eval "$(atuin init zsh)"