The wrapper is kinda complex because I use less in a pip situation and the wrapper, at first, didn't like this. BUt it should work now. Why should have to type a different command when the idea is the same. Maybe its me. Super Tar Replacement Mytar is an archive viewer and extractor.
Most people only wish to look at an archive then open it up.
If you have other needs you can use the raw tools. To use this you must create links to this file with the names untar and vtar . You call untar to extract an archive and vtar to view it. Mytar determines what kind of archive it is looking at and executes the appropriate commands. It uses the file command to determine what a given file is.