[filespec] An optional list of archive members to be processed.
Expressions may be used to match multiple members; be sure to quote
expressions that contain characters interpreted by the operating
system. See DESCRIPTION (below) for more details.
-c extract files to stdout/screen (``CRT'') -f freshen existing files (replace if newer); create none -l list archive files (short format) -p extract files to pipe; no informational messages -t test archive files -u update existing files; create new ones if needed -v list archive files (verbose format) -x extract files in archive (default) -z display only the archive comment
-a convert to MS-DOS textfile format (CR LF), Mac format (CR),
Unix/VMS format (LF), OR from ASCII to EBCDIC, depending on
your system (only use for TEXT files!)
-j junk paths (don't recreate archive's directory structure)
-n never overwrite existing files; don't prompt
-o OK to overwrite files without prompting
-q perform operations quietly (-qq => even quieter)
-s [OS/2, MS-DOS] allow spaces in filenames (e.g., "EA DATA. SF")
-U leave filenames uppercase if created under MS-DOS, VMS, etc.
-V retain (VMS) file version numbers
-X [VMS] restore owner/protection info (may require privileges)
* matches a sequence of 0 or more characters
? matches exactly 1 character
\nnn matches the character having octal code nnn
[...] matches any single character found inside the brackets; ranges
are specified by a beginning character, a hyphen, and an ending
character. If a '!' follows the left bracket, then the range
of characters matched is complemented with respect to the ASCII
character set.
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