In this post, I look at use of the jar command to create, view, and manipulate Java archive files. JAR files will be used primarily in this post, but the commands I demonstrate on .jar files work ...

Enable your unrunnable JARs to run with the java -jar command You can easily package an application’s entire set of classes and resources into a Java Archive (JAR).

As would creating the jar file and deleting the manifest file. I'm looking for a jar command line - what switches, options, what parameters - would create a jar file without a manifest file.

As long as a computer has the JRE installed and JAVA_HOME configured, you can run an embedded Tomcat server from the command line when you provide the name of the JAR file to the java -jar utility.