Common JAR file operations

 

Operation                                              Command
To create a JAR file                        jar cf jar-file input-file(s)
To view the contents of a JAR file          jar tf jar-file
To extract the contents of a JAR file       jar xf jar-file
To extract specific files from a JAR file   jar xf jar-file archived-file(s)

To run an application packaged as a JAR file (requires the Main-class manifest header)
java -jar jarfile.jar