public class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello, World"); } }
$ jar cvf Hello.jar HelloWorld.class added manifest adding: HelloWorld.class(in = 426) (out= 288)(deflated 32%)
$ jar tvf Hello.jar 0 Tue Sep 30 12:24:44 EDT 2014 META-INF/ 68 Tue Sep 30 12:24:44 EDT 2014 META-INF/MANIFEST.MF 426 Tue Sep 30 12:24:32 EDT 2014 HelloWorld.class
$ java -cp Hello.jar HelloWorld Hello, World
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