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Commands

Many of the command examples use the MPQ archive file, named wow-patch.mpq, from a original (Vanilla) World of Warcraft patch file, named WoW-1.10.0-to-1.10.1-enGB-patch.zip. If you want to replicate these examples, you can download the wow-patch.mpq file from the Internet Archive.

The mpqcli program has the following subcommands:

CommandDescription
versionPrint the tool version number
aboutPrint information about the tool
infoPrint information about MPQ archive properties
createCreate an MPQ archive from a target directory or a single file
addAdd a file to an existing MPQ archive
removeRemove a file from an existing MPQ archive
listList files in a target MPQ archive
extractExtract one or all files from a target MPQ archive
readRead a specific file to stdout
verifyVerify a target MPQ archive signature