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

Important Note of 7zip behavior

       When used without any file_names argument, 7z implicitly uses "."  for file_names.  This  behavior  leads
       some unexpected result.

       "a" (add) command
              Recurcevily add files from current directory into archive_name file.

       "d" (delete) command
              Recurcively  delete  files  from archive_name file.  This means delete all files from archive_name
              file.

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.

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