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7za

A file archiver with high compression ratio. A standalone version of 7z with support for fewer archive types.

• Archive a file or folder:

7za a {{compressed.7z}} {{path/to/file}}

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

7za x {{compressed}}

• Archive using a specific archive type:

7za a -t{{7z|zip|gzip|bzip2|tar}} {{compressed}} {{path/to/file}}

• List the contents of an archive file:

7za l {{compressed}}