Linux command to extract a war file?

Question

How to extract a .war file using Linux command line?

Answer 1

Use unzip

unzip -c whatever.war META-INF/MANIFEST.MF 

It will print the output in the terminal.

And to extract all the files,

  unzip whatever.war 

Using a can

 jar xvf test.war 

Answer 2

Or

jar xvf myproject.war

Answer 3

A war file is just a zip file with a specific directory structure. This way you can use unzip or the jar tool to unpack.

But you probably don't want to do this. If you add the war file to the Tomcat Webapps directory, Tomcat will take care of extracting / installing the war file.

Answer 4

You can use the unzip command.

Answer 5

The best and easiest way to unpack a war is to use a can.

Example - jar xvf test.war

Answer 6

To extract the contents of the war file into a directory:

 mkdir yourfile unzip yourfile.war -d yourfile 

Answer 7

First you can use any of the following commands:

  jar -xvf /path/to/yourfile.war unzip /path/to/yourfile.war 

After that, you should go to the following directory:

  cd /usr/local/standalone/deployments/yourfile.war/WEB-INF/classes/