Command-line tool

unar

brew/unar

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Command-line unarchiving tools supporting multiple formats

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install unar

macOS

brew install unar

Linux

brew install unar

Extract an archive to the current directory

unar path/to/archive

Extract an archive to the specified directory

unar -o path/to/directory path/to/archive

Force overwrite if files to be unpacked already exist

unar -f path/to/archive

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