LanguageSHAR
Unix self extracting Bourne shell archive file
File type: Archive and compressed file
Files with shar suffix can be usually found compressed archives on UNIX platform. Self-extracting files that can be executed with Bourne Shell.
What is shar file?
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: December 16, 2016
File extension shar is associated with the Unix operating system with Bourne shell (sh) for a Unix SHAR self-extracting archives.
A .shar file is basically a shell script, and executing it will recreate the files.
Mime types used:
application/x-shar
application/x-sh
application/x-bsh
How to open shar file?
You can work with these files on Unix. Some file managers on Windows also allow extracting the contents of these files.
How to convert shar file?
Possibly can be repacked to other compressed formats.
Suggested software to open shar file:
Associated software actions with the shar file
Software applications that can open shar files:
ZipZag (Microsoft Windows)
Unix (Linux/Unix)
Software apps that extract shar files:
ZipZag (Microsoft Windows)
Unix (Linux/Unix)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving shar files:
Unix (Linux/Unix)