---
name: "chmls-3.0.0"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "fp-utils-3.0.0"
version: "3.0.0+dfsg-11+deb9u1"
release: "Debian 9 (Stretch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/chmls-3.0.0"
---

# chmls-3.0.0(1)

The FPC Pascal CHM utility

## NAME

chmls - The FPC Pascal CHM utility

## SYNOPSIS

**chmls** \[options\] \[command\] \[command specific parameters\]

## Description

The **chmls** utility performs several CHM related functions, such as listing CHM file contents, extracting one file or the whole archive and extracting special files. Archiving however is the domain of the **chmcmd** utility

## Command

- **list** \<filename\> \[section number\]

  Shows contents of the archive's directory. The section number can be 0 or 1, when no section number is specified, content from both sections is displayed.

- **extract** \<chm filename\> \<filename to extract\> \[saveasname\]

  Extracts file "filename to get" from archive "filename", and, if  specified, saves it to \[saveasname\].

- **extractall** \<chm filename\> \[directory\]

  Extracts all files from archive "filename" to directory "directory"

- **unblockchm** \<filespec1\> \[filespec2\] ..

  (Windows only) Mass unblocks (XPsp2+) the relevant CHMs. Multiple files and wildcards allowed

- **extractalias** \<chmfilename\> \[basefilename\] \[symbolprefix\]

  Extracts context info from file "chmfilename" to basefilename.h and basefilename.ali, using symbols "symbolprefix" + contextnr

- **extracttoc** \<chmfilename\> \[filename\]

  Extracts the toc (mainly to check binary TOC)

- **extractindex** \<chmfilename\> \[filename\]

  Extracts the index (mainly to check binary index)

  For backwards compatibility reasons, the list command is default.

## Options

- **-h, --help**

  Show help text

- **-p, --no-page**

  Do not page list command output

- **-n, --name-only**

  Only show "name" column in list command output

## SEE ALSO

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  [**chmcmd**(1)](/chmcmd/1.md) [**fpc**(1)](/fpc/1.md) [**fpdoc**(1)](/fpdoc/1.md)