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unshar

unshar verb: to extract data from a file in the shar (shell archive) format.

Verb

unshar (third-person singular simple present unshars, present participle unsharring, simple past and past participle unsharred)

  1. (Unix) To extract data from a file in the shar (shell archive) format.

Forms of unshar

third-person singular presentunshars
present participleunsharring
past participleunsharred
pastunsharred

Origin of unshar

From un- + shar.

Questions about unshar

What does unshar mean?
Unshar means to extract data from a file in the shar (shell archive) format.
What part of speech is unshar?
Unshar is a verb.
What is the past tense of unshar?
The past tense of unshar is unsharred.

Words near unshar in the dictionary

  1. unshapening
  2. unshapenness
  3. unshapens
  4. unshapes
  5. unshaping
  6. unshar
  7. unsharable
  8. unsharded
  9. unshare
  10. unshareable
  11. unshared

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