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.TH "A" "1" "2024-06-09"
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.SH NAME
.PP
a - manage all kind of archives with one interface
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.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBa\fR [\fIOPTIONS\fR] -- <\fIsubcmd\fR> <\fIargs.\&.\&.\&\fR>
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB-v\fR
.RS 4
verbose
.PP
.RE
\fB-V\fR
.RS 4
print version
.PP
.RE
\fB-h\fR
.RS 4
show this help
.PP
.RE
\fB-n\fR
.RS 4
dry run (see \fBMISC INFO\fR section)
.PP
.RE
\fB-e\fR <\fIext:str\fR>
.RS 4
set custom extension
.PP
.RE
\fB-o\fR <\fIdir:path\fR>
.RS 4
set output directory (default: \fI.\&\fR)
.PP
.RE
\fB-T\fR <\fIthreads:int\fR>
.RS 4
set number of threads (for {de,}compressors that supports it)
.PP
.RE
\fB-M\fR <\fIlimit:str\fR>
.PP
.RS 4
set memory limit (for {de,}compressors that supports it)
.PP
.PP
.RE
.SH SUBCOMMANDS
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\fBc\fR <\fIarchive\fR> <\fIfile.\&.\&.\&\fR>
.RS 4
create <\fIarchive\fR> with files <\fIfile.\&.\&.\&\fR>
.PP
.RE
\fBx\fR <\fIarchive\fR>
.RS 4
extract files from <\fIarchive\fR>
.PP
.RE
\fBl\fR <\fIarchive\fR>
.RS 4
list contents of <\fIarchive\fR>
.PP
.RE
\fB?\&\fR
.RS 4
list of supported archive types
.PP
.PP
.RE
.SH EXAMPLE
.PP
.nf
.RS 4
# 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
.fi
.RE
.PP
.SH MISC INFO
.PP
dry run (-n) output should be interpretable for posix compliant shell,
so you can do something like that
.PP
.nf
.RS 4
a -no /tmp x archive\&.tar\&.xz | sh
.fi
.RE
.PP
.SH AUTHORS
.PP
dm9pZCAq.\&