UNRAR-FREE(1)

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version 0.3.3 · 3 versions
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💖 NAME 💖

unrar-free — it pulls files out of rar archives, bestie. That's the whole job and she does it gorgeously. 🦋

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

unrar-free [-xtfP?V] [--print] [--extract] [--list] [--force]
[--extract-newer] [--extract-no-paths] [--password] [--help]
[--usage] [--version] ARCHIVE [FILE ...] [DESTINATION]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

So like, unrar-free is a program for extracting files from rar archives. That's it, that's the vibe. She opens the archive, she hands you the files, no drama. 💅

🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

Okay so these programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (-). A summary of options is included below. Read it, it's giving ✨informative✨:

  • -P, --print — Print archive files to stdout. Just yeet that content straight to your terminal. 🖨️
  • -x, --extract — Extract files from archive. This is the default, so if you don't say anything she'll just do this. Iconic default behavior, honestly. 🫶
  • -t, --list — List files in archive. No extracting, just a little peek at what's inside. 👀
  • -f, --force — Overwrite files when extracting. She will simply not be stopped. 🔥
  • --extract-newer — Only extract newer files from the archive. Old ones can stay home. 🕰️
  • --extract-no-paths — Don't create directories while extracting. Flat file energy, no folder structure. 🍓
  • -i, --outfile — File to print the messages to (nul is short for /dev/null, err is short for /dev/stderr). Ngl this one's for the people who care where their messages go. 💌
  • -p, --password — Decrypt archive using a password. Secrets unlocked, no cap. 🔐
  • -?, --help — Show program help. She'll explain herself. 🥺
  • --usage — Show short program usage message. The TL;DR version. ⚡
  • -V, --version — Show version of program. Gotta know which era of her you're talking to. 🌈

💀 NON-FREE UNRAR COMPATIBLE SYNOPSIS 💀

unrar-free [pelvx] [-ep] [-o+] [-o-] [-pPassword] [-u] [--]
ARCHIVE [FILE ...] [DESTINATION]

Okay real talk: this syntax should only be used in front-end programs which use the non-free unrar as a back-end. Like, genuinely. It is recommended to use this program by GNU command line syntax. So this whole section? Lowkey just for compatibility. 🙈

🧚 NON-FREE UNRAR COMPATIBLE OPTIONS 🧚

  • p — Print archive files to stdout.
  • e — Extract files from archive without full path.
  • l — List files in archive.
  • v — Verbosely list files in archive. She's talking more now. 🗣️
  • x — Extract files from archive with full path.
  • -ep — Don't create directories while extracting.
  • -inul — Disable all messages. Silence. 🤫
  • -ierr — Print all messages on stderr.
  • -o+ — Overwrite files when extracting.
  • -o- — Don't overwrite files when extracting.
  • -pPassword — Decrypt archive using the password Password.
  • -u — Only extract newer files from the archive.
  • -y — Assume Yes on all queries. Ineffective. 💀 Yeah. She says yes but nobody's asking.
  • -- — Disable further switch processing. Any switch after the -- is treated as filename or destination. So everything past that line is just... a name. Periodt. 👑

👑 AUTHORS 👑

This manual page was written by Niklas Vainio <niklas.vainio@iki.fi>. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2, or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation. 🫶

And that's the whole page, bestie — straight from the General Commands Manual, section 1, filed under UNRAR-FREE(1) (no date on this one, she's timeless like that 💜). Go unrar something. Slay. ✨

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