Right-click any RAR file, point to the '7-Zip' menu, and then select one of the 'Extract' options, depending on where you want to extract the files. Note that if you've got a multi-part set of.RAR files, you'll want to extract the first file in the set—7-Zip will handle the other files in the set automatically. Free Linux command line executables for download: Zip and Unzip for newer (lib6 based) distributions: unzip 5.51, zip 2.3 Zip and Unzip for older (lib5 based) distributions: unzip 5.50, zip 2.3. These files are copies from the Info-Zip download locations listed above, provided under the Info-ZIP license. Starting with version 4.0, the WinZip Command Line Add-On can be used to unzip any of the archive types that are supported by WinZip. Additionally, version 4.0 can create LHA files. For simple archive types, you would use the same type of unzip command that would be used with Zip files. Command Examples for Windows. The 7-Zip command-line executable file is the 7za.exe.
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RAR is a file format used for data compression and archiving. The RAR format supports data compression, error recovery and files archives. It also supports files larger than 4 gigabytes. RAR files can only be created through commercial software. You can extract rar file using free unRAR command line tool in Linux.
By default, unRAR is not being installed on Linux or UNIX distro. You need to install unRAR/rar tools with the help of below linux commands.
Install unrar/rar tool
If you are using Redhat Linux or Centos, then use yum command as follows to install unRAR command.
On Redhat/CentOS
On Ubuntu/Debian
On Fedora use dnf command
Listed below are some practical examples of RAR and unRAR command in linux to open,extract and compress files.
1. Extract (open) rar file
If you want to extract all files within the '.rar' file in the current directory run below command
2. Extract files with full path
If you want to extract the files in full path. Run below command
3. List content of a RAR file
To list files inside rar archive file without extracting. Then use 'l' option
4. Check archive integrity
To test the integrity of file archive use 't' option
5. Create a rar single file
To create a .rar archive file use 'a' option.
6. Create multiple rar files
To compress say ‘file1′, ‘file2′ and ‘file3′ simultaneously, use below command
You can also use the following method to RAR multiple files.
7. Set password for RAR file
While archiving, you can set a password (using -p option). If you omit the password on the command line, you will be prompted with a message 'enter password' and the password is case sensitive.
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Conclusion
In this tutorial we learned how to use rar/unrar command in linux to open,extract and create rar files. Hope you enjoyed reading this and please leave your comments below.
This guide describes the use of the WinRAR command-line tools (v5.01) for compressing and uncompressing files in a directory and their use in batch files (for IZArc and 7-zip, see this post). This guide is an extension of a previous post, Automate Zipping Tasks using the Command-line Interface that explained the use of the command-line tools for two free compression utilities, IZArc and 7-Zip. The information in this guide was tested on a Windows PC running Vista.
WinRAR is a popular and powerful archive manager that can be used from the command-line or with scripting languages such as batch files. It includes two command-line tools, rar.exe and unrar.exe, where rar.exe compresses and unrar.exe uncompresses files. Both are located in the 'C:Program FilesWinRAR' folder in the installable version. Although WinRAR is shareware, it can be used on a trial basis for 40 days. Using WinRAR's command-line tools is similar to those for IZArc and 7-Zip. The syntax for using the WinRAR executables is:
To get a listing of the options for the rar and unrar commands, open a command window, cd to the WinRAR directory, and type rar or unrar and then press enter (rar /? or rar help may also be used, use rar >rar_cmds.txt or unrar >unrar_cmds.txt to print the command options to a file). For more detailed information, open the rar.txt file in the WinRAR directory which contains the RAR console version user's manual.
Examples to compress a folder:
creates archive yourfiles.rar and compresses all .txt files in the current folder
creates archive yourfiles.rar in C:yourfolder and compresses all .txt files in the current folder and its subfolders
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creates archive yourfiles.rar in C:yourfolder and compresses all .txt files in otherfolder and its subfolders
creates archive yourfiles.rar and compresses all files in the current folder, but doesn't include subfolders (note lack of extension; WinRAR will use the default extension .rar)
'a' command. Adds to the archive
'-r' switch. Recurses subfolders
Examples to uncompress a folder:
extracts all *.gif files from yourfile.rar to c:extractfolder (trailing backslash required) and restores the folder structure
extracts all files in c:yourfile.rar to the current folder (folder structure ignored)
'x' command. Extracts with full paths
'e' command. Extracts and ignores paths
Compression example using Multiple Switches:
compresses all new or updated files from c:test and its subfolders to e_archive.rar, deletes the files after they are added to the archive, and excludes any files with a 'bat' extension,
'a' command adds to the archive
'-r' switch. Recurses subfolders
'-ep' switch. Adds files to the archive without including the path information. Multiple can exist in the archive with the same name.
'-u' switch. Equivalent to the 'u' command when combined with the 'a' command. Adds new files and updates older versions of the files already in the archive
'-df' switch. Deletes files after they are moved to the archive
'-x' switch. Excludes the specified file(s) from the operation
Basic rules for WinRAR:
- When files or listfiles are not specified, all files in the current folder are processed
- When specifying all files in a folder, yourfolder or yourfolder*.* are equivalent
- Folder structures are automatically saved in archives (but not automatically extracted)
- WinRAR uses the .rar extension by default, but that can be overridden by specifying the zip extension in the archive name
- Switches and commands are not case sensitive and can be written in either upper or lower case
Another point is that WinRAR doesn't appear to install to the Windows path environment variable, so it must be specified either at a command prompt, set permanently in the environment variable settings, or specified in a batch file (WinRAR v3.71.0.0 was used for this guide and that may not be the case for all versions).
To set the Windows path environment variable temporarily at a command prompt or in a batch file, use the following command:
To set it permanently in the Windows path for your PC:
start–>Control Panel–>System–>Advanced system settings–>Advanced Tab–>Environment Variables–>System Variables–>Path–>Edit. Add the path ;C:Program FilesWinRAR; to the end (don't forget the single semicolons at the beginning and end). Hit OK three times.
Using WinRAR in Batch Files:
Two batch file examples are provided below, The uncompress_rar.bat file decompresses all .rar files from a folder and places the extracted files into another directory.
The compress_rar_rev2.bat file provides the following compression options for a user specified directory. Option 4 is the most commonly used structure and the most appropriate option in most cases:
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- Compress files in dir individually (no subdirs)
- Compress files in dir and subdirs individually – no paths
- Compress all files in dir into a single archive (no subdirs)
- Compress all files in dir and subdirs into a single archive
- Compress all files in dir and subdirs into a single archive – no paths
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Be sure to change the extension(s) to .bat before using either file and edit the folder paths as required. Both of the following batch files temporarily set the Windows path environment variable for the WinRAR application folder when executed.
Batch file downloads:
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