tldr/pages/common/7za.md

7za

A file archiver with high compression ratio. A standalone version of 7z with support for fewer archive types. More information: https://www.7-zip.org/.

• Archive a file or directory:

7za a {{archived.7z}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

• Extract an existing 7z file with original directory structure:

7za x {{archived}}

• Archive using a specific archive type:

7za a -t{{zip|gzip|bzip2|tar}} {{archived}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}

• List available archive types:

7za i

• List the contents of an archive file:

7za l {{archived}}