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What program do you need to view jar files?

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JAR file is Java Archive file where all classes and related meta information is stored. Basically this format is based or is plain ZIP archive.

To launch application in JAR file:

java -jar .jar

To extract files from JAR file:

jar -xvf .jar

It is possible to create/extract using any other plain ZIP utility.

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