Linux command for extracting war file?

Question

How can I extract a .war file with Linux command prompt?

Answer 1

Using unzip

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

It will print the output in terminal.

And for extracting all the files,

 unzip whatever.war

Using jar

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. So you can use unzip or the jar tool for unzipping.

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

Answer 4

You can use the unzip command.