shar — Create a shell archive. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/manual/sharutils.h

Create a shell script that when executed extracts the given files from itself

shar {{[-V|--vanilla-operation]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/archive.sh}}

Compress the files in the archive

shar {{[-C|--compactor]}} {{xz}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/archive.sh}}

Treat all files as binary (i.e. `uuencode` everything)

shar {{[-B|--uuencode]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/archive.sh}}

Treat all files as text (i.e. `uuencode` nothing)

shar {{[-T|--text-files]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/archive.sh}}

Include a name and cut mark in the header comment of the archive

shar {{[-n|--archive-name]}} "{{My files}}" {{[-c|--cut-mark]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/archive.sh}}