Playing with .jar files

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For archival purposes.

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 (version 1.1)	jre -cp app.jar MainClass
To run an application packaged as a JAR file (version 1.2 — requires Main-Class manifest header)	java -jar app.jar
To invoke an applet packaged as a JAR file	<applet code=AppletClassName.class archive="JarFileName.jar" width=width height=height> </applet>

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