7z command

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A CLI program available on Linux platforms; used to test the integrity of and display and extract the contents of existing 7-Zip archives.

Usage Syntax

7z [font color=deepskyblueoptions/font] [[font color=darkorangedir//font]font color=darkorangearchive-name.7z/font]

Common options include;

• font color=deepskybluee/font - extract files from archive without preserving path (i.e. in current directory)
• font color=deepskybluex/font - extract files from archive preserving path
• font color=deepskybluel/font - list files in archive
• font color=deepskybluet/font - test integrity of archive

Usage Examples

7z font color=deepskybluee/font font color=darkorange/etc/test.7z/font - extract files from archive /etc/test.7z to the current working directory

7z font color=deepskybluex/font font color=darkorangetest.7z/font - extract files from archive test.7z to the path specified in the archive

Linux Usage Notes

With most Linux or Unix commands;

• Non root users may need to prefix commands with the sudo command, for example: sudo chmod 644 *
• Brief help can be displayed using the -h or --help parameter, for example: chmod --help
• A full command manual can be displayed using the man command followed by the command name, for example: man chmod
• Sometimes 'info' pages are used instead of or to provide more information than man pages; for example: info chmod
• Version information can normally be display using the -v, -V or --version parameter, for example: chmod --version. However, this paramater is also frequently used to display verbose output.

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Installation

7-Zip can be installed or upgraded as follows, depending on your platform;

• Ubuntu: apt-get install p7zip or apt-get install p7zip-full
• Fedora Core: yum install p7zip
• FreeBSD: pkg_add -v -r p7zip

Related Files

The 7z executable is normally found here: /usr/bin/7z

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See the unrar command, tar command, zip command and unzip command articles for information on other file compression utilities available under Linux.

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