unshar(1)

NAME

     unshar - Remove files from a shell archive

SYNOPSIS

     unshar [-btvx] sharfile member ...

OPTIONS

     -b   Unshar brutally, overwriting files if need be

     -t   Tell what is in the archive but do not extract

     -v   Verbose mode

     -x   Extract only the members listed

EXAMPLES

     unshar arch.sh      # Extract all members of the archive

     unshar -t arch.sh   # List the contents of the archive

     unshar -xf1 -xf2 arch.sh
                         # Extract f1 and f2 from arch.sh

     uniq -d inf outf    # Write duplicate lines to outf

DESCRIPTION

     Unshar extracts members of a shell archive, the same as sh,  except  much
     faster.   It  expects  shell  archives  created  with  shar.  It also has
     options to list the contents of  a  shell  archive,  and  to  selectively
     extract some members but not all.

SEE ALSO

     sh(1), shar(1).