NAME

       p7zip - Wrapper on 7-Zip file archiver with high compression ratio

SYNOPSIS

       p7zip  [-c|--stdout|--to-stdout] [-d|--decompress|--uncompress] [-f|--force] [-h|--help] [-k|--keep] [--]
       [file ...]

DESCRIPTION

       7-Zip is a file archiver supporting 7z (that implements LZMA compression algorithm  featuring  very  high
       compression  ratio),  LZMA2,  XZ,  ZIP, Zip64, CAB, RAR (if the non-free p7zip-rar package is installed),
       ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM, ISO, most filesystem images and DEB formats.  Compression ratio in  the
       new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format.

       p7zip  is  a gzip-like CLI wrapper script for 7-Zip, and handles only the 7z format (the native format of
       7-Zip), internally executing either 7za(1) or 7zr(1) command.

       With no switches passed in the command line, each given file argument is  compressed  into  file.7z,  and
       then removed.

       With  the  -d  switch each passed file needs to end with the .7z extension and is decompressed. After the
       decompression the original file is removed unless it contained more than one archived file.

       When used without any file argument, p7zip  reads  data  from  the  standard  input  and  compresses  (or
       decompresses in case of -d) it into the standard output.

SWITCHES

       -c, --stdout, --to-stdout
              Write output on standard output.

       -d, --decompress, --uncompress
              Decompress file.

       -f, --force
              Skip some checks and force compression or decompression.

       -h, --help
              Print usage.

       -k, --keep
              Do not delete input file.

       --     Treat all subsequent arguments as file names, even if they start with a dash.

SEE ALSO

       7z(1), 7za(1), 7zr(1), bzip2(1), gzip(1), zip(1)

AUTHOR

       Written for Debian by Mohammed Adnene Trojette. Updated by Robert Luberda.