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+isextract (extract v3 InstallShield files)
+
+isextract is a command line tool to extract the *.z InstallShield v3
+packages many old windows games were distributed as.
+
+The files isextract supports are identified by the file command as
+"InstallShield Z archive Data", and begin with a hex signature of 13 5d
+65 8c 3a 01 02.
+
+See also:
+- unshield, for other types of InstallShield files.
+- unshieldv3, for another v3 extractor.
+- cabextract, for cabinet (.cab) files.