WIMEXTRACT(1) WIMEXTRACT(1) (NAME) wimextract - WIM (SYNOPSIS) wimextract WIMFILE IMAGE [(PATH | @LISTFILE)...] [OPTION...] (DESCRIPTION) wimextract wimlib- imagex extract IMAGE (WIM) Windows Imaging WIMFILE . wimextract WIM . WIM NTFS <<>> (apply) wimapply(1) . IMAGE WIMFILE . - (1-based index) . WIMFILE . WIMFILE wiminfo(1) . WIM . <<@>> PATH LISTFILE . PATH WIM LISTFILE . LISTFILE <<->> ( <<@->> ) . (PATHS AND LISTFILES) . . --dest-dir . --to-stdout (pipe) . PATH LISTFILE . --preserve-dir-structure . wimextract WIM WIM (split) . WIM (SPLIT WIMS) . (PATHS AND LISTFILES) WIM wimdir(1) . (/) ( . . WIMLIB_IMAGEX_IGNORE_CASE wimlib-imagex(1) . (wildcard) <> <<*>> . <> <<*>> . ( <>) . () --no-globs . LISTFILE ( UTF-8 UTF-16LE ) . . : ; This is a comment (begins with semicolon) # This is also a comment (begins with number sign) /Users /Windows/explorer.exe /Windows/System32/en-US/* ; Both forward and backslashes are valid. ; It's not necessary to quote paths containing internal spaces. \Program Files\A* ; Leading and trailing whitespace is ignored \Windows\notepad* WIM (SPLIT WIMS) wimextract WIM . --refs="GLOB" wimapply . wimapply(1) . (OPTIONS) --check WIMFILE . --ref="GLOB" (glob) WIM WIM . WIM (SPLIT WIMS) . : GLOB wimextract . --dest-dir=DIR DIR . --to-stdout . ( ). (named data streams) . --unix-data wimapply(1) . --no-acls wimapply(1) . --strict-acls wimapply(1) . --no-attributes wimapply(1) . --include-invalid-names wimapply(1) . --no-globs . () . . --no-wildcards . --nullglob (glob) . glob . glob --no-globs . -glob ( --no-globs) . --preserve-dir-structure . : --preserve-dir- structure . --wimboot wimapply(1) . --compact=FORMAT wimapply(1) . --recover-data wimapply(1) . (NOTES) wimapply(1) . (Reparse-point fixups junction ) wimextract . wimapply . wimapply wimextract NTFS libntfs-3g . (EXAMPLES) <> : wimextract boot.wim 1 /Windows/System32/notepad.exe <> : wimextract boot.wim 1 /Windows/System32/notepad.exe --to-stdout <> : wimextract boot.wim 1 /Windows/System32/notepad.exe \ --dest-dir=somedir <> <> : wimextract boot.wim 1 /sources : wimextract boot.wim 1 /Windows/Fonts \ /sources /Windows/System32/cmd.exe (wildcard): wimextract install.wim 1 "/Windows/Fonts/*.ttf" : wimextract install.wim 1 @files.txt ... files.txt : Windows\System32\*.* Windows\System32\??-??\*.* Windows\System32\en-US\*.* (SEE ALSO) wimlib-imagex(1) wimapply(1) wimdir(1) wiminfo(1) wimlib 1.14.5 2026 WIMEXTRACT(1)