ar

Unix archiver utility
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ar

Summary

ar is a standard UNIX utility or command[1]. ar draws 54 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #30 of 124).[2]

Key Facts

  • ar's instance of is recorded as standard UNIX utility or command[3].
  • ar's instance of is recorded as compression software[4].
  • ar's Commons category is recorded as Ar (Unix)[5].
  • ar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02d73l[6].
  • ar's described at URL is recorded as http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/utilities/ar.html[7].
  • ar's readable file format is recorded as ar archive[8].
  • ar's writable file format is recorded as ar archive[9].
  • ar's reads environment variable is recorded as LANG[10].
  • ar's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_ALL[11].
  • ar's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_CTYPE[12].
  • ar's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_MESSAGES[13].
  • ar's reads environment variable is recorded as LC_TIME[14].
  • ar's reads environment variable is recorded as NLSPATH[15].
  • ar's reads environment variable is recorded as TZ[16].
  • ar's has command line option is recorded as a[17].
  • ar's has command line option is recorded as b[18].
  • ar's has command line option is recorded as c[19].
  • ar's has command line option is recorded as C[20].
  • ar's has command line option is recorded as d[21].
  • ar's has command line option is recorded as i[22].
  • ar's has command line option is recorded as m[23].
  • ar's has command line option is recorded as p[24].
  • ar's has command line option is recorded as q[25].
  • ar's has command line option is recorded as r[26].
  • ar's has command line option is recorded as s[27].

Why It Matters

ar draws 54 Wikipedia views per month (standard_unix_utility_or_command category, ranking #30 of 124).[2] ar has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] ar is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . pubs.opengroup.org. pubs.opengroup.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). ar. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/ar-q300839
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_ar-q300839_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{ar}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/ar-q300839}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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