NAME

       p7zip - Wrapper on 7zr, a 7-zip file archiver with high compression ratio

SYNOPSIS

       p7zip [-d] [-h|--help] [file]
           -h print this help
           -d decompress file

DESCRIPTION

       7-Zip is a file archiver with the highest compression ratio. The program supports 7z (that
       implements LZMA compression algorithm), 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 7zip

FUNCTION LETTERS

       -d     Decompress file

       -h, --help
              Print usage

SEE ALSO

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

AUTHOR

       Written for Debian by Mohammed Adnene Trojette.