unar
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 2011-09-26
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NAME
unar - extract archive file contents
SYNOPSIS
unar
[
OPTION]...
ARCHIVE [
FILE]...
DESCRIPTION
Extract
FILEs or the contents of
ARCHIVE.
OPTIONS
- -o, -output-directory DIRECTORY
-
The directory to write the contents of the archive to. Defaults to
the current directory.
- -f, -force-overwrite
-
Always overwrite files when a file to be unpacked already exists on
disk. By default, the program asks the user if possible, otherwise
skips the file.
- -r, -force-rename
-
Always rename files when a file to be unpacked already exists on disk.
- -s, -force-skip
-
Always skip files when a file to be unpacked already exists on disk.
- -d, -force-directory
-
Always create a containing directory for the contents of the unpacked
archive. By default, a directory is created if there is more than one
top-level file or folder.
- -D, -no-directory
-
Never create a containing directory for the contents of the unpacked
archive.
- -p, -password PASSWORD
-
The password to use for decrypting protected archives.
- -e, -encoding ENCODING
-
The encoding to use for filenames in the archive, when it is not
known. If not specified, the program attempts to auto-detect the
encoding used. Use "help" or "list" as the argument to give a listing
of all supported encodings.
- -E, -password-encoding ENCODING
-
The encoding to use for the password for the archive, when it is not
known. If not specified, then either the encoding given by the
-encoding option or the auto-detected encoding is used.
- -i, -indexes
-
Instead of specifying the files to list as filenames or wildcard
patterns, specify them as indexes, as output by lsar.
- -nr, -no-recursion
-
Do not attempt to extract archives contained in other archives. For
instance, when unpacking a .tar.gz file, only unpack the .tar file and
not its contents.
- -t, -copy-time
-
Copy the file modification time from the archive file to the
containing directory, if one is created.
- -k, -forks visible|hidden|skip
-
How to handle Mac OS resource forks. visible creates
AppleDouble files with the extension ".rsrc", hidden creates
AppleDouble files with the prefix "._", and skip discards all
resource forks. Defaults to visible.
- -q, -quiet
-
Run in quiet mode.
- -h, -help
-
Display help information.
SEE ALSO
lsar(1)