Open, Extract and Convert DAA, ISO and BIN Files in Linux with Free PowerISO for Linux

PowerISO provides a free PowerISO for Linux utility which can extract, list, and convert image files in Linux. The image file formats supported by the free PowerISO utility including ISO, BIN, DAA, and some other formats. The Linux based PowerISO is command line utility. For novice Linux users including those trying to handle the image files in web host running CentOS or FreeBSD, here’s a simply guide on how to download, install and use the PowerISO for Linux.

PowerISO for Linux comes with a general help switch which display detailed usage information. To display the help for PowerISO, use the following command:

poweriso -?

To download PowerISO for Linux in Linux, use wget program. Else download the free PowerISO for Linux from here or directly download poweriso-1.1.tar.gz. Uncompress the archive and then upload or transfer to the Linux server.

wget http://poweriso.com/poweriso-1.1.tar.gz

Extract and unpack the tar.gz archive with following command:

tar -zxvf poweriso.tar.gz

Syntax and example usage of PowerISO

To list all files and directories in the root directory of mydisc.iso image file located in /home/user/, use one of the following commands. -r will make the command works recursively, which will display all sub-directories in this case.

./poweriso list /home/user/mydisc.iso /
./poweriso list /home/user/mydisc.iso / -r

To extract files and directories (all the contents) from /home/user/mydisc.daa to /tmp recursively including all sub-directories and its files, use the following command. -od specifies target folder.

./poweriso extract /home/user/mydisc.daa / -od /tmp

To convert .DAA image file to another disk image format, such as .ISO file, use the following command. For example, the mydisc.daa file is located in /home/user and will be converted and have the converted ISO placed in /tmp folder as mydisc.iso. -o switch specifies destination output image file name, while -ot specifies output image file type. If -ot is not specified, the output image file type will be determined by file name suffix specified by -o parameter.

./poweriso convert /home/user/mydisc.daa -o /temp/mydisc.iso -ot iso


One Response to “Open, Extract and Convert DAA, ISO and BIN Files in Linux with Free PowerISO for Linux”

  1. fan
    January 8th, 2009 03:42
    1

    Wounderful by all the meanings of the word.

    It works like a charm.

    you are the best.

    when you “wget” poweriso-1.1.tar.gz,
    then tar poweriso-1.1.tar.gz :)

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