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UNSHIELD(1)	       https://github.com/twogood/unshield	     UNSHIELD(1)

NAME
     unshield - extract CAB files from an InstallShield installer archive

SYNOPSIS
     unshield  [-c COMPONENT] [-d DIRECTORY] [-D LEVEL] [-g GROUP] [-h] [-i VER-
     SION] [-e ENCODING] [-j] [-L] [-O] [-r] [-R] [-V] c|g|l|t|x CABFILE  [FILE-
     NAME...]

DESCRIPTION
     Unshield  extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers, used to install
     software on Microsoft Windows based machines.

OPTIONS
     -c COMPONENT
	    Only list/extract this component

     -d DIRECTORY
	    Extract files to DIRECTORY

     -D LEVEL
	    Set debug log level 0 - No logging (default) 1 - Errors only 2 - Er-
	    rors and warnings 3 - Errors, warnings and debug messages

     -g GROUP
	    Only list/extract this file group

     -h     Show help message

     -i VERSION
	    Force InstallShield version number (don't autodetect)
	    Use this option if you have a very old archive (generated  with  In-
	    stallShield <= 4) and / or the automatic detection fails

     -e ENCODING
	    Convert  filename character encoding to local codepage from ENCODING
	    (implicitly sets -R)

     -j     Junk paths (do not make directories)

     -L     Make file and directory names lowercase

     -O     Use old compression

     -r     Save raw data (do not decompress)

     -R     Don't do any conversion to file and directory names when extracting

     -V, --version
	    Print version information

   Commands:
     c	    List components

     g	    List file groups

     l	    List files

     t	    Test files

     x	    Extract files

   Other:
     CABFILE
	    The file to list or extract contents of

     FILENAME
	    Optionally specify names of specific files to extract (wildcards are
	    supported)

AUTHOR
     This manual page was adapted by Mark Ellis <mark@mpellis.org.uk>, from  the
     skeleton generated by help2man

The Unshield project		  November 2023 		     UNSHIELD(1)

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