a/man/a.1.scd

A(1)

# NAME

a - manage all kind of archives with one interface

# SYNOPSIS

*a* [_OPTIONS_] -- <_subcmd_> <_args..._>

# OPTIONS

*-v*
	verbose

*-V*
	print version

*-h*
	show this help

*-n*
	dry run (see *MISC INFO* section)

*-e* <_ext:str_>
	set custom extension

*-o* <_dir:path_>
	set output directory (default: _._)

*-T* <_threads:int_>
	set number of threads (for {de,}compressors that supports it)

*-M* <_limit:str_>

	set memory limit (for {de,}compressors that supports it)


# SUBCOMMANDS

*c* <_archive_> <_file..._>
	create <_archive_> with files <_file..._>

*x* <_archive_>
	extract files from <_archive_>

*l* <_archive_>
	list contents of <_archive_>

*?*
	list of supported archive types


# EXAMPLE

```
# create zip archive with file1 file2 file3

a c archive.zip file1 file2 file3


# list content of archive

a l archive.tar.gz


# extract files from archive.zip as if it were 7z archive to /tmp directory
# and be verbose about extracting files

a -e 7z -v -o /tmp x archive.zip
```

# MISC INFO

dry run (-n) output should be interpretable for posix compliant shell,
so you can do something like that

```
a -no /tmp x archive.tar.xz | sh
```

# AUTHORS

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