NAME

       7zz - 7-Zip file archiver with a high compression ratio

SYNOPSIS

       7zz command [switches...] archive_name [file_names] [@listfile]

DESCRIPTION

       7-Zip file archiver with a high compression ratio

OPTIONS

   Commands
       a      Add files to archive

       b      Benchmark

       d      Delete files from archive

       e      Extract files from archive (without using directory names)

       h      Calculate hash values for files

       i      Show information about supported formats

       l      List contents of archive

       rn     Rename files in archive

       t      Test integrity of archive

       u      Update files to archive

       x      eXtract files with full paths

   Switches
       --     Stop switches and @listfile parsing

       -ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
              Include archives

       -ax[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
              eXclude archives

       -ao{a|s|t|u}
              set Overwrite mode

       -an    disable archive_name field

       -bb[0-3]
              set output log level

       -bd    disable progress indicator

       -bs{o|e|p}{0|1|2}
              set output stream for output/error/progress line

       -bt    show execution time statistics

       -i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
              Include filenames

       -m{Parameters}
              set compression Method
              -mmt[N]
                     set number of CPU threads
              -mx[N] set compression level: -mx1 (fastest) ... -mx9 (ultra)

       -o{Directory}
              set Output directory

       -p{Password}
              set Password

       -r[-|0]
              Recurse subdirectories for name search

       -sa{a|e|s}
              set Archive name mode

       -scc{UTF-8|WIN|DOS}
              set charset for for console input/output

       -scs{UTF-8|UTF-16LE|UTF-16BE|WIN|DOS|{id}}
              set charset for list files

       -scrc[CRC32|CRC64|SHA1|SHA256|*]
              set hash function for x, e, h commands

       -sdel  delete files after compression

       -seml[.]
              send archive by email

       -sfx[{name}]
              Create SFX archive

       -si[{name}]
              read data from stdin

       -slp   set Large Pages mode

       -slt   show technical information for l (List) command

       -snh   store hard links as links

       -snl   store symbolic links as links

       -sni   store NT security information

       -sns[-]
              store NTFS alternate streams

       -so    write data to stdout

       -spd   disable wildcard matching for file names

       -spe   eliminate duplication of root folder for extract command

       -spf   use fully qualified file paths

       -ssc[-]
              set sensitive case mode

       -sse   stop archive creating, if it can't open some input file

       -ssp   do not change Last Access Time of source files while archiving

       -ssw   compress shared files

       -stl   set archive timestamp from the most recently modified file

       -stm{HexMask}
              set CPU thread affinity mask (hexadecimal number)

       -stx{Type}
              exclude archive type

       -t{Type}
              Set type of archive

       -u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName]
              Update options

       -v{Size}[b|k|m|g]
              Create volumes

       -w[{path}]
              assign Work directory. Empty path means a temporary directory

       -x[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
              eXclude filenames

       -y     assume Yes on all queries

SEE ALSO

       7-Zip ⟨https://www.7-zip.org/⟩

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 1999-2021 Igor Pavlov.
       Distributed under the LGPL-2.1+ license.