tldr/pages/common/7z.md

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}}