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.Op Fl vInfRMS
.Op Fl t Ar template
.Op Fl p Ar prefix
.Ar pkg-name ...
.Ar pkg-name [pkg-name ...]
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
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from stdin. The complete packing list is also read from stdin,
and the contents then acted on as normal.
.El
On or more
.Ar pkg-name
arguments may be specified, each being either a file containing the
package (these usually ending with the ``.tgz'' suffix) or a
URL pointing at a file available on an ftp site. Thus you may
extract files directly from their anonymous ftp locations (e.g.
.Nm
ftp://ftp.freebsd.org/pub/FreeBSD/packages/shells/bash-1.14.4.tgz).
.Sh TECHNICAL DETAILS
.Nm
is fairly simple. It extracts each packages' "packing list"