atool

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A script for managing file archives of various types. `atool` uses external archiver programs but provides a consistent command-line interface for listing, extracting, creating, and managing archives.

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Options (8)

-l, --listboolean

List files in an archive

Example: atool {{[-l|--list]}} {{path/to/archive.zip}}

-x, --extractboolean

Extract an archive (safely creates a subdirectory if needed)

Example: atool {{[-x|--extract]}} {{archive.tar.gz}}

-X, --extract-toboolean

Extract an archive to a specific directory

Example: atool {{[-X|--extract-to]}} {{path/to/output_directory}} {{archive.rar}}

-c, --catboolean

Display a specific file's content from an archive to `stdout` (like `cat`)

Example: atool {{[-c|--cat]}} {{archive.tar}} {{path/to/file_in_archive.txt}}

-a, --addboolean

Create a new archive from specified files and/or directories

Example: atool {{[-a|--add]}} {{new_archive.zip}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}

-p, --pagerboolean

List files in an archive and send the output through a pager

Example: atool {{[-l|--list]}} {{[-p|--pager]}} {{large_archive.tar.bz2}}

-e, --eachboolean

Extract multiple archives at once (each to its own subdirectory if needed)

Example: atool {{[-x|--extract]}} {{[-e|--each]}} {{archive1.zip}} {{archive2.tar.gz}} {{*.rar}}

-r, --repackboolean

Repack an archive from one format to another (e.g., `.tar.gz` to `.tar.7z`)

Example: atool {{[-r|--repack]}} {{old_archive.tar.gz}} {{new_archive.tar.7z}}

Examples (8)

List files in an archive

atool [-l|--list] path/to/archive.zip

Extract an archive (safely creates a subdirectory if needed)

atool [-x|--extract] archive.tar.gz

Extract an archive to a specific directory

atool [-X|--extract-to] path/to/output_directory archive.rar

Display a specific file's content from an archive to `stdout` (like `cat`)

atool [-c|--cat] archive.tar path/to/file_in_archive.txt

Create a new archive from specified files and/or directories

atool [-a|--add] new_archive.zip path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...

List files in an archive and send the output through a pager

atool [-l|--list] [-p|--pager] large_archive.tar.bz2

Extract multiple archives at once (each to its own subdirectory if needed)

atool [-x|--extract] [-e|--each] archive1.zip archive2.tar.gz *.rar

Repack an archive from one format to another (e.g., `.tar.gz` to `.tar.7z`)

atool [-r|--repack] old_archive.tar.gz new_archive.tar.7z

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