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NAME

       unrar-free — extract files from rar archives

SYNOPSIS

       unrar-free  [-xtfp?V]   [--extract]   [--list]   [--force]  [--extract-
       newer]    [--extract-no-paths]    [--password]    [--help]    [--usage]
       [--version] ARCHIVE  [FILE ...]           [DESTINATION]

DESCRIPTION

       unrar-free is a program for extracting files from rar archives.

OPTIONS

       These  programs  follow  the  usual  GNU command line syntax, with long
       options starting with two  dashes  (‘-’).   A  summary  of  options  is
       included below.

       -x   --extract
                 Extract files from archive (default).

       -t   --list
                 List files in archive.

       -f   --force
                 Overwrite files when extracting.

       --extract-newer
                 Only extract newer files from the archive.

       --extract-no-paths
                 Don’t create directories while extracting.

       -p   --password
                 Decrypt archive using a password.

       -?   --help
                 Show program help.

       --usage   Show short program usage message.

       -V           --version
                 Show version of program.

NON-FREE UNRAR COMPATIBLE SYNOPSIS

       unrar-free  [elvx]   [-ep]   [-o+]   [-o-]   [-ppassword]   [-u]   [--]
       ARCHIVE  [FILE ...]         [DESTINATION]

       This syntax should only be used in front-end programs which  are  using
       non-free  unrar as a back-end. It is recommended to use this program by
       GNU command line syntax.

       e         Extract files from archive without full path.

       l         List files in archive.

       v         Verbose list files in archive.

       x         Extract files from archive with full path.

       -ep       Don’t create directories while extracting.

       -o+       Overwrite files when extracting.

       -o-       Don’t overwrite files when extracting.

       -p        Decrypt archive using a password.

       -u        Only extract newer files from the archive.

       --        Disable further switch processing. Any switch  after  the  --
                 are treated as filenames and destination.

BUGS

       Advanced  features of version 3.0 archives are not currently supported.

AUTHORS

       unrar-free was written by Ben  Asselstine  based  on  UniquE  RAR  File
       Library by Christian Scheurer and Johannes Winkelmann.

       This  manual  page  was written by Niklas Vainio <niklas.vainio@iki.fi>
       for the Debian system (but may  be  used  by  others).   Permission  is
       granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms
       of the  GNU  General  Public  License,  Version  2  any  later  version
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On  Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
       can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.