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NAME
7z - 7-Zip file archiver with a high compression ratio
SYNOPSIS
7z command [switches...] archive_name [file_names] [@listfile]
7zz command [switches...] archive_name [file_names] [@listfile]
7za command [switches...] archive_name [file_names] [@listfile]
7zr command [switches...] archive_name [file_names] [@listfile]
DESCRIPTION
7-Zip file archiver with a high compression ratio
There are some variants for 7z executable.
7z Full featured with plugin support
7zz Full featured single binary executable with no plugins support
7za Supports major formats only, no plugins, but smaller executable size
7zr Only supports LZMA codec and related formats (7z, lzma, xz), no plugins, but smallest executable
size
Important Note of 7zip behavior
When used without any file_names argument, 7z implicitly uses "." for file_names. This behavior leads
some unexpected result.
"a" (add) command
Recurcevily add files from current directory into archive_name file.
"d" (delete) command
Recurcively delete files from archive_name file. This means delete all files from archive_name
file.
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)
-mcp=[codepage number]
[Extra options for Zip format]:
Use codepage number for file name encoding. When 7-Zip detects legacy Zip format, 7-Zip
automatically choose suitable legacy codepage number by your current locale. If automatic
codepage chooser fails, use this option to manually set codepage number.
(example): Use "-mcp=437" for CP437
-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 © 1999-2023 Igor Pavlov.
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