How to open awk file ?

[Frank Li]

Hi,

How could I open a awk file , when I open it with vi , it can't been discerned .

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$ file cpPack1.jar
cpPack1.jar: awk program text

$ vi cpPack1.jar
( In the vi edit ,something like ..)

v$%#netscape/plugin/composer/SmallCaps/PK^C^D
?6%??J%^M%^M2netscape/plugin/composer/SmallCaps/SmallCaps.class????^C-?^Hv^H?^H^H^Hr^H^H^H?^H?^H{^G?
^G^G^G?^G^G^G?^G^G^G^G?^G}^G?^Gq^Gk
^KK
^KQ
^TL
^L_
^ME
^TG
.................
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thanks
Frank.

[Thierry Poels_1 · Accepted solution]

hi,
this is NOT an awk file.
The "file" command <<>> to define the file type; but there is no guarantee that the answer is correct.
.jar sounds like Java?!
regards,
Thierry.

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

Try with strings.

[Roberto Gallis]

Hi,
.jar files are java archives, built by jar (usage like tar). You need the program jar. You can find it with java 1.2 or java 1.3

So try

jar tvf file.jar

to view content of file.jar

jar xvf file.jar
to extract files

Regards
Roberto