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7z(1) | General Commands Manual | 7z(1) |
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
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.
Distributed under the LGPL-2.1+ license.
May 2023 | 22.01 |