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shar

Create a shell archive. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/manual/sharutils.html.

• Create a shell script that when executed extracts the given files from itself:

shar {{[-V|--vanilla-operation]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/archive.sh}}

• Compress the files in the archive:

shar {{[-C|--compactor]}} {{xz}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/archive.sh}}

• Treat all files as binary (i.e. uuencode everything):

shar {{[-B|--uuencode]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/archive.sh}}

• Treat all files as text (i.e. uuencode nothing):

shar {{[-T|--text-files]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/archive.sh}}

• Include a name and cut mark in the header comment of the archive:

shar {{[-n|--archive-name]}} "{{My files}}" {{[-c|--cut-mark]}} {{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}} > {{path/to/archive.sh}}