tldr/pages/common/7z.md

7z

A file archiver with high compression ratio. Homepage: https://www.7-zip.org/.

• Archive a file or directory:

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

• Encrypt an existing archive (including headers):

7z a {{encrypted.7z}} -p{{password}} -mhe {{archived.7z}}

• Extract an existing 7z file with original directory structure:

7z x {{archived.7z}}

• Extract an archive with user-defined output path:

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

• Archive using a specific archive type:

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

• List available archive types:

7z i

• List the contents of an archive file:

7z l {{archived.7z}}