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7zz - Standalone console version of the 7-Zip file archiver
7z <command> [<switch>...] <archive_name> [<file_names>] [@listfile]
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. Supported
formats:
Packing and unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM.
Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT,
FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS,
QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VHDX, VMDK,
WIM, XAR and Z.
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}]
Set working directory. Empty path means a temporary directory
-x[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
Exclude filenames
-y Assume Yes on all queries
Listfile
You can supply one or more filenames or wildcards for special list
files (files containing lists of files). The filenames in such list
file must be separated by new line symbol(s). For list files, 7-Zip
uses UTF-8 encoding by default. You can change encoding using -scs
switch. Multiple list files are supported.
For example, if the file "listfile.txt" contains the following:
My programs\*.cpp
Src\*.cpp
then the command
7z a -tzip archive.zip @listfile.txt
adds to the archive "archive.zip" all "*.cpp" files from directories
"My programs" and "Src".
xz(1)
Frequently Asked Questions: <https://www.7-zip.org/faq.html>
Recover corrupted 7z archive: <https://www.7-zip.org/recover.html>
February 14, 2022 7Z(1)
NAME
7zz - Standalone console version of the 7-Zip file archiver
SYNOPSIS
7z <command> [<switch>...] <archive_name> [<file_names>] [@listfile]
DESCRIPTION
7-Zip is a file archiver with a high compression ratio. Supported
formats:
Packing and unpacking: 7z, XZ, BZIP2, GZIP, TAR, ZIP and WIM.
Unpacking only: AR, ARJ, CAB, CHM, CPIO, CramFS, DMG, EXT,
FAT, GPT, HFS, IHEX, ISO, LZH, LZMA, MBR, MSI, NSIS, NTFS,
QCOW2, RAR, RPM, SquashFS, UDF, UEFI, VDI, VHD, VHDX, VMDK,
WIM, XAR and Z.
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}]
Set working directory. Empty path means a temporary directory
-x[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
Exclude filenames
-y Assume Yes on all queries
Listfile
You can supply one or more filenames or wildcards for special list
files (files containing lists of files). The filenames in such list
file must be separated by new line symbol(s). For list files, 7-Zip
uses UTF-8 encoding by default. You can change encoding using -scs
switch. Multiple list files are supported.
For example, if the file "listfile.txt" contains the following:
My programs\*.cpp
Src\*.cpp
then the command
7z a -tzip archive.zip @listfile.txt
adds to the archive "archive.zip" all "*.cpp" files from directories
"My programs" and "Src".
SEE ALSO
xz(1)
Frequently Asked Questions: <https://www.7-zip.org/faq.html>
Recover corrupted 7z archive: <https://www.7-zip.org/recover.html>
February 14, 2022 7Z(1)