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Most operations can also accept further member arguments, specifying particular files to operate on.
GNU ar allows you to mix the operation code p and modifier flags mod in any order, within the first command-line argument. If you wish, you may begin the first command-line argument with a dash. Use this operation to move members in an archive. The ordering of members in an archive can make a difference in how programs are linked using the library, if a symbol is defined in more than one member. If you specify no member arguments, all the files in the archive are printed.