7za

File archiver with a high compression ratio. Similar to 7z except that it supports fewer file types but is cross-platform. More information: https://manned.org/7za.

• archive a file or directory:

7za a path/to/archive.7z path/to/file_or_directory

• Encrypt an existing archive (including file names):

7za a path/to/encrypted.7z -ppassword -mhe=on path/to/archive.7z

• Extract an archive preserving the original directory structure:

7za x path/to/archive.7z

• Extract an archive to a specific directory:

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

• E[x]tract an archive to stdout:

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

• archive using a specific archive type:

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

• list the contents of an archive:

7za l path/to/archive.7z

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

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