.TH SHAR 1 .SH NAME shar \- shell archiver .SH SYNOPSIS \fBshar \fIfile ...\fR .br .de FL .TP \\fB\\$1\\fR \\$2 .. .de EX .TP 20 \\fB\\$1\\fR # \\$2 .. .SH EXAMPLES .EX "shar *.c >s" "Collect C programs in shell archive" .EX "sh <s" "Extract files from a shell archive" .SH DESCRIPTION .PP The named files are collected together into a shell archive written onto standard output. The individual files can be extracted by redirecting the shell archive into the shell. The advantage of .I shar over .I ar is that \fIshar\fP archives can be read on almost any \s-2UNIX\s+2 system, whereas numerous, incompatible versions of .I ar are in widespread use. Extracting the files from a shell archive requires that .I sed be accessible. .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR sh (1), .BR unshar (1).