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# rar

> The RAR archiver. Supports multi-volume archives that can be optionally self-extracting.
> More information: <https://manned.org/rar>.

- Archive 1 or more files:

`rar a {{path/to/archive_name.rar}} {{path/to/file1}} {{path/to/file2}} {{path/to/file3}}`

- Archive a directory:

`rar a {{path/to/archive_name.rar}} {{path/to/directory}}`

- Split the archive into parts of equal size (50M):

`rar a -v{{50M}} -R {{path/to/archive_name.rar}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Password protect the resulting archive:

`rar a -p{{password}} {{path/to/archive_name.rar}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Encrypt file data and headers with password:

`rar a -hp{{password}} {{path/to/archive_name.rar}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Use a specific compression level (0-5):

`rar a -m{{compression_level}} {{path/to/archive_name.rar}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`
