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tags: [tldr, linux]
source: https://github.com/tldr-pages/tldr.git
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# patool
> Archive file manager.
> Various archive formats can be created, extracted, tested, listed, searched, repacked, and compared.
> More information: <https://github.com/wummel/patool>.
- Extract an archive:
`patool extract {{path/to/archive}}`
- Create an archive:
`patool create {{path/to/archive}} {{path/to/file_or_directory1 path/to/file_or_directory2 ...}}`
- List contents of an archive:
`patool list {{path/to/archive}}`
- Compare the contents of two archives and display the differences in the standard output:
`patool diff {{path/to/archive1}} {{path/to/archive2}}`
- Search for a string inside the contents of an archive:
`patool search {{path/to/archive}}`