patool

command line archive file manager


Various archive formats can be created, extracted, tested, listed, compared, searched and repacked by patool. The archive format is determined with file(1) and as a fallback by the archive file extension.

patool supports 7z (.7z), ACE (.ace), ADF (.adf), ALZIP (.alz), AR (.a), ARC (.arc), ARJ (.arj), BZIP2 (.bz2), CAB (.cab), compress (.Z), CPIO (.cpio), DEB (.deb), DMS (.dms), FLAC (.flac), GZIP (.gz), ISO (.iso), LZH (.lha, .lzh), LZIP (.lz), LZMA (.lzma), LZOP (.lzo), RAR (.rar), RPM (.rpm), RZIP (.rz), SHAR (.shar), SHN (.shn), TAR (.tar), XZ (.xz), ZIP (.zip, .jar) and ZOO (.zoo) formats.

It relies on helper applications to handle those archive formats (for example bzip2 for BZIP2 archives).

The archive formats TAR, ZIP, BZIP2 and GZIP are supported natively and do not require helper applications to be installed.


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This software package is maintained for (Neuro)Debian by the follow individuals and/or groups:

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Debian GNU/Linux 7.0 (wheezy)   1.7-1~nd70+1 i386, amd64, sparc
Debian GNU/Linux 8.0 (jessie) 1.7-1    
Debian testing (stretch) 1.7-1    
Debian unstable (sid) 1.8-1    
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS “Precise Pangolin” (precise)   1.7-1~nd12.04+1 i386, amd64, sparc
Ubuntu 14.04 “Trusty Tahr” (trusty) 1.4-2 1.7-1~nd14.04+1 i386, amd64, sparc
Ubuntu 14.10 “Utopic Unicorn” (utopic) 1.7-1    
Ubuntu 15.04 “Vivid Vervet” (vivid) 1.7-1    
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