Mac command line compression decompression rar file

RAR file decompression is not supported by default in Mac OS x systems. The following shows how to use RAR command-line operations in Mac OS X systems.

1. First download the Rar/unrar tool from the Rarlab website;

2. Unzip the downloaded tar.gz compressed package (tar xvf rarosx-5.2.0.tar.gz), automatically create a rar directory under the download directory downloads, which has the Rar/unrar file;

3. Enter Terminal (Command Window control+ space)

4. Go to the newly unzipped RAR directory and use CD Downloads/rar to enter;

5. Install the Unrar and RAR commands separately using the following command:

install unrar command: sudo install-c-o $USER unrar/bin

install rar command: sudo install-c-o $USER rar/bin

6. Test unrar and RAR commands;

Decompression Command: Unrar x compressed-package.rar

Unzip the Xxx.rar compressed package, if the file name has a space, you need to use single quotation marks wrapped up as: ' xxx Xx.rar '

Mac command line compression decompression rar file