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# 7z
> A file archiver with high compression ratio.
- Compress directory or file:
`7z a {{compressed.7z}} {{directory_or_file_to_compress}}`
- Decompress an existing 7z file with original directory structure:
`7z x {{compressed.7z}}`
- Compress to zip format:
`7z a -tzip {{compressed.zip}} {{directory_or_file_to_compress}}`
- Create multipart 7zip file; `part_size` specifies part size in Bytes, Kilobytes, Megabytes or Gigabytes:
`7z -v{{part_size}}{{[b|k|m|g]}} {{compressed.7z}} {{directory_or_file_to_compress}}`