7z

File archiver with a high compression ratio.

• [a]rchive a file or directory:

7z a {path/to/archive.7z} {path/to/file_or_directory}

• Encrypt an existing archive (including filenames):

7z a {path/to/encrypted.7z} -p{password} -mhe=on {path/to/archive.7z}

• E[x]tract an archive preserving the original directory structure:

7z x {path/to/archive.7z}

• E[x]tract an archive to a specific directory:

7z x {path/to/archive.7z} -o{path/to/output}

• E[x]tract an archive to stdout:

7z x {path/to/archive.7z} -so

• [a]rchive using a specific archive type:

7z a -t{7z|bzip2|gzip|lzip|tar|zip} {path/to/archive.7z} {path/to/file_or_directory}

• [l]ist the contents of an archive:

7z l {path/to/archive.7z}

• List available archive types:

7z i

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