NAME

       unshield - extract CAB files from an InstallShield installer archive

SYNOPSIS

       unshield  [-c  COMPONENT]  [-d DIRECTORY] [-D LEVEL] [-g GROUP] [-h] [-i VERSION] [-e ENCODING] [-j] [-L]
       [-O] [-r] [-R] [-V] c|g|l|t|x CABFILE [FILENAME...]

DESCRIPTION

       Unshield extracts CAB files from InstallShield installers, used to install software on Microsoft  Windows
       based machines.

OPTIONS

       -c COMPONENT
              Only list/extract this component

       -d DIRECTORY
              Extract files to DIRECTORY

       -D LEVEL
              Set  debug  log level 0 - No logging (default) 1 - Errors only 2 - Errors and warnings 3 - Errors,
              warnings and debug messages

       -g GROUP
              Only list/extract this file group

       -h     Show help message

       -i VERSION
              Force InstallShield version number (don't autodetect)
              Use this option if you have a very old archive (generated with InstallShield <= 4) and  /  or  the
              automatic detection fails

       -e ENCODING
              Convert filename character encoding to local codepage from ENCODING (implicitly sets -R)

       -j     Junk paths (do not make directories)

       -L     Make file and directory names lowercase

       -O     Use old compression

       -r     Save raw data (do not decompress)

       -R     Don't do any conversion to file and directory names when extracting

       -V, --version
              Print version information

   Commands:
       c      List components

       g      List file groups

       l      List files

       t      Test files

       x      Extract files

   Other:
       CABFILE
              The file to list or extract contents of

       FILENAME
              Optionally specify names of specific files to extract (wildcards are supported)

AUTHOR

       This manual page was adapted by Mark Ellis <mark@mpellis.org.uk>, from the skeleton generated by help2man

The Unshield project                              November 2023                                      UNSHIELD(1)