lsar - Man Page
list archive file contents
Examples (TL;DR)
- List an archive file's contents:
lsar path/to/archive
- List a password protected archive file's contents:
lsar path/to/archive --password password
- Print al[L] available information about each file in the archive (it's very long):
lsar -L|--verylong path/to/archive
- Test the integrity of the files in the archive (if possible):
lsar --test path/to/archive
- List the archive file's contents in JSON format:
lsar --json path/to/archive
- Display help:
lsar --help
Synopsis
lsar [OPTION]... ARCHIVE...
Description
List the contents of ARCHIVEs.
Options
- -l, -long
Print more information about each file in the archive.
- -L, -verylong
Print all available information about each file in the archive.
- -t, -test
Test the integrity of the files in the archive, if possible.
- -p, -password PASSWORD
The password to use for decrypting protected archives.
- -e, -encoding ENCODING
The encoding to use for filenames in the archive, when it is not known. If not specified, the program attempts to auto-detect the encoding used. Use "help" or "list" as the argument to give a listing of all supported encodings.
- -E, -password-encoding ENCODING
The encoding to use for the password for the archive, when it is not known. If not specified, then either the encoding given by the -encoding option or the auto-detected encoding is used.
- -pe, -print-encoding
Print the auto-detected encoding and the confidence factor after the file list.
- -i, -indexes
Instead of specifying the files to list as filenames or wildcard patterns, specify them as indexes.
- -j, -json
Print the listing in JSON format.
- -ja, -json-ascii
Print the listing in JSON format, encoded as pure ASCII text.
- -nr, -no-recursion
Do not attempt to list the contents of archives contained in other archives. For instance, when listing a .tar.gz file, only list the .tar file and not its contents.
- -h, -help
Display help information.
- -v, -version
Print version and exit.