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UNRAR-FREE(1) General Commands Manual UNRAR-FREE(1)

NAME

unrar-free — extract files from rar archives

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

unrar-free is a program for extracting files from rar archives.

OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options is included below.
-x --extract
Extract files from archive (default).
-t --list
List files in archive.
-f --force
Overwrite files when extracting.
--extract-newer
Only extract newer files from the archive.
--extract-no-paths
Don't create directories while extracting.
-p --password
Decrypt archive using a password.
-? --help
Show program help.
--usage
Show short program usage message.
-V --version
Show version of program.

NON-FREE UNRAR COMPATIBLE SYNOPSIS

unrar-free [elvx] [-ep] [-o+] [-o-] [-ppassword] [-u] [--] ARCHIVE [FILE ...] [DESTINATION]

This syntax should only be used in front-end programs which are using non-free unrar as a back-end. It is recommended to use this program by GNU command line syntax.

e
Extract files from archive without full path.
l
List files in archive.
v
Verbose list files in archive.
x
Extract files from archive with full path.
-ep
Don't create directories while extracting.
-o+
Overwrite files when extracting.
-o-
Don't overwrite files when extracting.
-p
Decrypt archive using a password.
-u
Only extract newer files from the archive.
--
Disable further switch processing. Any switch after the -- are treated as filenames and destination.

BUGS

Advanced features of version 3.0 archives are not currently supported.

AUTHORS

unrar-free was written by Ben Asselstine based on UniquE RAR File Library by Christian Scheurer and Johannes Winkelmann.

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

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.