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par2 — File verification and repair using PAR 2.0 compatible parity archives (.par2 files). More informatio

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Problem

How to use the par2 command: File verification and repair using PAR 2.0 compatible parity archives (.par2 files). More information: <https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline/>.

Solution

par2 — File verification and repair using PAR 2.0 compatible parity archives (.par2 files). More information: <https://github.com/Parchive/par2cmdline/>.

Create a parity archive with a set percentage level of redundancy:

par2 create -r{{1..100}} -- {{path/to/file}}

Create a parity archive with a chosen number of volume files (in addition to the index file):

par2 create -n{{1..32768}} -- {{path/to/file}}

Verify a file with a parity archive:

par2 verify -- {{path/to/file.par2}}

Repair a file with a parity archive:

par2 repair -- {{path/to/file.par2}}

Code Snippets

Create a parity archive with a set percentage level of redundancy

par2 create -r{{1..100}} -- {{path/to/file}}

Create a parity archive with a chosen number of volume files (in addition to the index file)

par2 create -n{{1..32768}} -- {{path/to/file}}

Verify a file with a parity archive

par2 verify -- {{path/to/file.par2}}

Repair a file with a parity archive

par2 repair -- {{path/to/file.par2}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/par2

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