shar

Create a shell archive. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/sharutils/manual/sharutils.html.

• Create a shell script that when executed extracts the given files from itself:

shar --vanilla-operation path/to/file1 path/to/file2 … > path/to/archive.sh

• Compress the files in the archive:

shar --compactor xz path/to/file1 path/to/file2 … > path/to/archive.sh

• Treat all files as binary (i.e. uuencode everything):

shar --uuencode path/to/file1 path/to/file2 … > path/to/archive.sh

• Treat all files as text (i.e. uuencode nothing):

shar --text-files path/to/file1 path/to/file2 … > path/to/archive.sh

• Include a name and cut mark in the header comment of the archive:

shar --archive-name "My files" --cut-mark path/to/file1 path/to/file2 … > path/to/archive.sh