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patool — Archive file manager. Various archive formats can be created, extracted, tested, listed, searched, r

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Problem

How to use the patool command: Archive file manager. Various archive formats can be created, extracted, tested, listed, searched, repacked, and compared. More information: <https://github.com/wummel/patool/blob/master/doc/patool.txt>.

Solution

patool — Archive file manager. Various archive formats can be created, extracted, tested, listed, searched, repacked, and compared. More information: <https://github.com/wummel/patool/blob/master/doc/patool.txt>.

Extract an archive:

patool extract {{path/to/archive}}

Create an archive:

patool create {{path/to/archive}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

List contents of an archive:

patool list {{path/to/archive}}

Compare the contents of two archives and display the differences in stdout:

patool diff {{path/to/archive1}} {{path/to/archive2}}

Search for a string inside the contents of an archive:

patool search {{path/to/archive}}

Code Snippets

Extract an archive

patool extract {{path/to/archive}}

Create an archive

patool create {{path/to/archive}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}

List contents of an archive

patool list {{path/to/archive}}

Compare the contents of two archives and display the differences in `stdout`

patool diff {{path/to/archive1}} {{path/to/archive2}}

Search for a string inside the contents of an archive

patool search {{path/to/archive}}

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