tldr/pages/common/7z.md

7z

A file archiver with high compression ratio.

• Archive a file or folder:

7z a {{compressed.7z}} {{path/to/file}}

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

7z x {{compressed}}

• Archive using a specific archive type:

7z a -t{{7z|zip|gzip|bzip2|tar}} {{compressed}} {{path/to/file}}

• List the contents of an archive file:

7z l {{compressed}}