how to replace file in ear using unix

Question

I have a sample.ear file and I want to replace a particular file inside sample.ear.

consider ear file sample.ear which content com1/test1/file1.sh and com2/file2.sh  

here I want to replace file1.sh with updated file file1.sh using unix.

I am using jar command but i am not able to replace the file in subdirectories

Thanks

Answer 1

Use:

jar -xf sample.ear com1/test1/file1.sh 

to extract file.sh. Once you are done modifying this com1/test1/file1.sh file use:

jar -uf sample.ear com1/test1/file1.sh

to update the archived ear with the modified file.

Use jar --help for detailed help.