7z

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

• add 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 -ppassword -mhe=on path/to/archive.7z

• Extract an archive preserving the original directory structure:

7z x path/to/archive.7z

• Extract an archive to a specific directory:

7z x path/to/archive.7z -opath/to/output

• E[x]tract an archive to stdout:

7z x path/to/archive.7z -so

• archive using a specific archive type:

7z a -t7z|bzip2|gzip|lzip|tar|zip path/to/archive path/to/file_or_directory

• list the contents of an archive:

7z l path/to/archive.7z

• Set the level of compression (higher means more compression, but slower):

7z a path/to/archive.7z -mx=0|1|3|5|7|9 path/to/file_or_directory