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Swapnil Kotwal
Swapnil Kotwal

Reputation: 5720

Java Unrecognized option: -xvf

I was trying to extract Java jar file as

java -xvf my.jar but it throws error 

Unrecognized option: -xvf
Could not create the Java virtual machine.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2042

Answers (2)

Thomas Stets
Thomas Stets

Reputation: 3035

java is the wrong command for this, and ommit the -. Use jar xvf my.jar

Upvotes: 4

Vihar
Vihar

Reputation: 3831

Do not use java command in there i.e. you only need to do jar xvf jarName.jar

Upvotes: 2

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