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17z(1)                       General Commands Manual                      7z(1)
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NAME

6       7z - A file archiver with high compression ratio format
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SYNOPSIS

9       7z   <command>   [<switches>...  ]  <archive_name>  [<file_names>...  ]
10       [<@listfiles>... ]
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DESCRIPTION

13       7-Zip is a file archiver supporting 7z (that implements  LZMA  compres‐
14       sion  algorithm featuring very high compression ratio), LZMA2, XZ, ZIP,
15       Zip64, CAB, RAR (it was removed due a  non-free  license),  ARJ,  GZIP,
16       BZIP2,  TAR,  CPIO,  RPM,  ISO, most filesystem images and DEB formats.
17       Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than  ratio  in
18       ZIP format.
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20       7z uses plugins to handle archives, so it might be slightly slower than
21       7za(1) but can handle more archive formats.
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COMMANDS

24       a      Add files to archive
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26       b      Benchmark
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28       d      Delete files from archive
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30       e      Extract files from archive (without using directory names)
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32       h      Calculate hash values for files
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34       i      Show information about supported formats
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36       l      List contents of archive
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38       rn     Rename files in archive
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40       t      Test integrity of archive
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42       u      Update files to archive
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44       x      eXtract files with full paths
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SWITCHES

47       --     Stop switches parsing
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49       -ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}
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55       -ao{a|s|t|u}
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58       -an    Disable archive_name field
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60       -bb[0-3]
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65       -bs{o|e|p}{0|1|2}
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68       -bt    Show execution time statistics
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73       -m{Parameters}
74              Set Compression Method (see /usr/share/doc/p7zip/DOC/MANUAL/cmd‐
75              line/switches/method.htm  from the p7zip-full package for a list
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78       -o{Directory}
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82              Set Password (NOTE: this flag does not work with 7zr)
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84       -r[-|0]
85              Recurse subdirectories (CAUTION: this flag does not do what  you
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88       -sa{a|e|s}
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91       -scc{UTF-8|WIN|DOS}
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94       -scs{UTF-8|UTF-16LE|UTF-16BE|WIN|DOS|{id}}
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97       -scrc[CRC32|CRC64|SHA1|SHA256|*]
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100       -sdel  Delete files after compression
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102       -seml[.]
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105       -sfx[{name}]
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109              Read  data from stdin (e.g. tar cf - directory | 7z a -si direc‐
110              tory.tar.7z)
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112       -slp   Set Large Pages mode
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116       -snh   Store hard links as links
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118       -snl   Store symbolic links as links
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122       -sns[-]
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125       -sfx[{name}]
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128       -so    Write data to stdout (e.g. 7z x -so directory.tar.7z | tar xf -)
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132       -spe   Eliminate duplication of root folder for extract command
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134       -spf   Use fully qualified file paths
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139       -ssw   Compress shared files
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141       -stl   Set archive timestamp from the most recently modified file
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143       -stm{HexMask}
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146       -stx{Type}
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152       -u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName]
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155       -v{Size}[b|k|m|g]
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164       -y     Assume Yes on all queries
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DIAGNOSTICS

167       7-Zip returns the following exit codes:
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169              0      Normal (no errors or warnings detected)
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171              1      Warning (Non fatal error(s)).  For  example,  some  files
172                     cannot  be read during compressing, so they were not com‐
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181              255    User stopped the process with control-C (or similar)
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Backup and limitations

184       DO NOT USE the 7-zip format for backup purpose on Linux/Unix because :
185        - 7-zip does not store the owner/group of the file.
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188       On Linux/Unix, in order to backup directories you must use tar :
189        - to backup a directory  : tar cf  -  directory  |  7z  a  -si  direc‐
190       tory.tar.7z
191        - to restore your backup : 7z x -so directory.tar.7z | tar xf -
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193       If  you  want  to send files and directories (not the owner of file) to
194       others Unix/MacOS/Windows users, you can use the 7-zip format.
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196         example : 7z a directory.7z  directory
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199       Do not use "-r" because this flag does not do what you think.
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201       Do not use directory/* because of ".*" files (example  :  "directory/*"
202       does not match "directory/.profile")
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EXAMPLE 1

205       7z a -t7z -m0=lzma -mx=9 -mfb=64 -md=32m -ms=on archive.7z dir1
206              adds all files from directory "dir1" to archive archive.7z using
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209       -t7z   7z archive
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211       -m0=lzma
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214       -mx=9  level of compression = 9 (Ultra)
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EXAMPLE 2

225       7z a -sfx archive.exe dir1
226              add all files from directory "dir1" to SFX  archive  archive.exe
227              (Remark : SFX archive MUST end with ".exe")
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EXAMPLE 3

230       7z a -mhe=on -pmy_password archive.7z a_directory
231              add  all  files from directory "a_directory" to the archive "ar‐
232              chive.7z" (with data and header archive encryption on)
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HTML Documentation

238       /usr/share/doc/p7zip-full/DOC/MANUAL/start.htm
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AUTHOR

241       Written for Debian by  Mohammed  Adnene  Trojette.  Updated  by  Robert
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