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7z
File archiver with a high compression ratio.
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curl https://curlhub.sh/man/7z
same page, in your terminalExamples
add a file or directory to a new or existing archive
7z a path/to/archive.7z path/to/file_or_directory
Encrypt an existing archive (including filenames)
7z a path/to/encrypted.7z -ppassword -mhe=on path/to/archive.7z
Extract an archive preserving the original directory structure
7z x path/to/archive.7z
Extract an archive to a specific directory
7z x path/to/archive.7z -opath/to/output
Extract an archive to `stdout`
7z x path/to/archive.7z -so
archive using a specific archive type
7z a -t7z|bzip2|gzip|lzip|tar|zip path/to/archive path/to/file_or_directory
list the contents of an archive
7z l path/to/archive.7z
Set the level of compression (higher means more compression, but slower)
7z a path/to/archive.7z -mx=0|1|3|5|7|9 path/to/file_or_directory