jar Command Examples

Java applications/libraries packager. More information: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/deployment/jar/basicsindex.html.

• Recursively archive all files in the current directory into a .jar file:

jar cf {{file.jar}} *

• Unzip .jar/.war file to the current directory:

jar -xvf {{file.jar}}

• List a .jar/.war file content:

jar tf {{path/to/file.jar}}

• List a .jar/.war file content with verbose output:

jar tvf {{path/to/file.jar}}