7z

File archiver with a high compression ratio. More information: https://manned.org/7z.

• [a]dd a file or directory to a new or existing archive:
  7z a {{path/to/archive.7z}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}
• Encrypt an existing archive (including filenames):
  7z a {{path/to/encrypted.7z}} -p{{password}} -mhe=on {{path/to/archive.7z}}
• E[x]tract an archive preserving the original directory structure:
  7z x {{path/to/archive.7z}}
• E[x]tract an archive to a specific directory:
  7z x {{path/to/archive.7z}} -o{{path/to/output}}
• E[x]tract an archive to stdout:
  7z x {{path/to/archive.7z}} -so
• [a]rchive using a specific archive type:
  7z a -t{{7z|bzip2|gzip|lzip|tar|zip}} {{path/to/archive.7z}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}
• [l]ist the contents of an archive:
  7z l {{path/to/archive.7z}}
• List available archive types:
  7z i