Unarchiver

The Unarchiver is a archive utility supporting many archive formats.

unar

tool for extracting the contents of archive files.

Usage: unar [options] archive [files ...]

OptionDescription
-output-directory (-o) <string>The directory to write the contents of the archive to. Defaults to the current directory. If set to a single dash (-), no files will be created, and all data will be output to stdout.
-force-overwrite (-f)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.
-force-rename (-r)Always rename files when a file to be unpacked already exists on disk.
-force-skip (-s)Always skip files when a file to be unpacked already exists on disk.
-force-directory (-d)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.
-no-directory (-D)Never create a containing directory for the contents of the unpacked archive.
-password (-p) <string>The password to use for decrypting protected archives.
-encoding (-e) <encoding name>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.
-password-encoding (-E) <name>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.
-indexes (-i)Instead of specifying the files to unpack as filenames or wildcard patterns, specify them as indexes, as output by lsar.
-no-recursion (-nr)Do not attempt to extract archives contained in other archives. For instance, when unpacking a .tar.gz file, only unpack the .gz file and not its contents.
-copy-time (-t)Copy the file modification time from the archive file to the containing directory, if one is created.
`-forks (-k) <visiblehidden
-quiet (-q)Run in quiet mode.

lsar

tool for listing the contents of archive files.

Usage: lsar [options] archive [files ...]

OptionDescription
-long (-l)Print more information about each file in the archive.
-verylong (-L)Print all available information about each file in the archive.
-test (-t)Test the integrity of the files in the archive, if possible.
-password (-p) <string>The password to use for decrypting protected archives.
-encoding (-e) <encoding name>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.
-password-encoding (-E) <name>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.
-print-encoding (-pe)Print the auto-detected encoding and the confidence factor after the file list.
-indexes (-i)Instead of specifying the files to list as filenames or wildcard patterns, specify them as indexes.
-json (-j)Print the listing in JSON format.
-json-skip-solid-information (-jss)Do not print solid object information in the JSON output. Can be helpful for solid archives with a lot of files.
-json-ascii (-ja)Print the listing in JSON format, encoded as pure ASCII text.
-no-recursion (-nr)Do not attempt to list archives contained in other archives. For instance, when unpacking a .tar.gz file, only list the .gz file and not its contents.