macOS unzip jar

[chrislee8]

i have a jar file, I tried to unzip using jar command

i do:

jar -x myfile.jar, it doesn't do anything, it just sits there,

I am really a newbie using shell command, I learn while i try things out. so bear with me for my simple questions.

thanks

 

[robbieduncan]

How big is the jar file? How long did you leave it? A large file will take a reasonably long time to extract.

Note that you should not need the -. jar x <filename> should work

 

[chrislee8]

How big is the jar file? How long did you leave it? A large file will take a reasonably long time to extract.

Note that you should not need the -. jar x <filename> should work

let me try again, i think i leave enough time for it.

is there any gui app to do that? just curious.

 

[gekko513]

It's supposed to be "jar xf <filename>", I think.

 

[chrislee8]

thanks everyone for quick tips.

jar xf <filename> works for me.

 

[cazlar]

You can also just rename the file with a .zip extension and let the OS expand it for you when you double-click. It's kind of cheating though!

 

[Le Je-Pe]

Verbose anyone ?

You can also add a "v" in the arguments to enable the verbose mode and actually see what's going on during that "hang time"

ie: jar -xvf somejar.jar

Cheers !