unar - extract archive file contents
unar [OPTION]... ARCHIVE [FILE]...
Extract FILEs or the contents of ARCHIVE.
- -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.
- -v, -version
- Print version and exit.
- -h, -help
- Display help information.