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7za

File archiver with a high compression ratio. Similar to `7z` except that it supports fewer file types but is cross-platform.

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curl https://curlhub.sh/man/7za

same page, in your terminal

Examples

archive a file or directory

7za a path/to/archive.7z path/to/file_or_directory

Encrypt an existing archive (including file names)

7za a path/to/encrypted.7z -ppassword -mhe=on path/to/archive.7z

Extract an archive preserving the original directory structure

7za x path/to/archive.7z

Extract an archive to a specific directory

7za x path/to/archive.7z -opath/to/output

Extract an archive to `stdout`

7za x path/to/archive.7z -so

archive using a specific archive type

list the contents of an archive

7za l path/to/archive.7z

Set the level of compression (higher means more compression, but slower)

7za a path/to/archive.7z -mx=0|1|3|5|7|9 path/to/file_or_directory