file-roller

TLDR

Open archive manager

$ file-roller

Open specific archive

$ file-roller [archive.zip]

Extract archive

$ file-roller --extract-here [archive.tar.gz]

Extract to directory

$ file-roller --extract-to=[directory] [archive.zip]

Create new archive

$ file-roller --add [file1] [file2]

SYNOPSIS

file-roller [options] [archives...]

file-roller is the GNOME archive manager providing a graphical interface for creating, viewing, and extracting archives. It supports numerous formats through command-line tools.
The application integrates with the GNOME file manager for context menu archive operations. It handles zip, tar, gz, bz2, 7z, rar, and many other formats automatically.
file-roller provides drag-and-drop functionality and progress indication for archive operations.

PARAMETERS

ARCHIVES

Archive files to open.

--extract-here

Extract to current directory.

--extract-to DIR

Extract to specified directory.

--add FILES

Create archive from files.

--add-to ARCHIVE

Add files to existing archive.

-h, --help

Display help information.

CAVEATS

Requires GNOME libraries. Format support depends on installed tools (unrar, p7zip, etc.). Command-line operation is basic.

HISTORY

file-roller is part of the GNOME desktop project, providing archive management since GNOME 2. It serves as the default archive manager for GNOME and GNOME-based distributions.