tldr/pages/common/7z.md

# 7z

> A file archiver with high compression ratio.
> More information: <https://www.7-zip.org/>.

- Archive a file or directory:

`7z a {{archived.7z}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- Encrypt an existing archive (including headers):

`7z a {{encrypted.7z}} -p{{password}} -mhe=on {{archived.7z}}`

- Extract an existing 7z file with original directory structure:

`7z x {{archived.7z}}`

- Extract an archive with user-defined output path:

`7z x {{archived.7z}} -o{{path/to/output}}`

- Extract an archive to stdout:

`7z x {{archived.7z}} -so`

- Archive using a specific archive type:

`7z a -t{{zip|gzip|bzip2|tar}} {{archived.7z}} {{path/to/file_or_directory}}`

- List available archive types:

`7z i`

- List the contents of an archive file:

`7z l {{archived.7z}}`