p7zip(1)p7zip(1)NAMEp7zip - Wrapper on 7-Zip file archiver with high compression ratio
SYNOPSISp7zip [-c|--stdout|--to-stdout] [-d|--decompress|--uncompress]
[-f|--force] [-h|--help] [-k|--keep] [--] [file ...]
DESCRIPTION
7-Zip is a file archiver supporting 7z (that implements LZMA compres‐
sion algorithm featuring very high compression ratio), LZMA2, XZ, ZIP,
Zip64, CAB, RAR (if the non-free p7zip-rar package is installed), ARJ,
GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM, ISO, most filesystem images and DEB for‐
mats. Compression ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than
ratio in ZIP format.
p7zip is a gzip-like CLI wrapper script for 7-Zip, and handles only the
7z format (the native format of 7-Zip), internally executing either
7za(1) or 7zr(1) command.
With no switches passed in the command line, each given file argument
is compressed into file.7z, and then removed.
With the -d switch each passed file needs to end with the .7z extension
and is decompressed. After the decompression the original file is
removed unless it contained more than one archived file.
When used without any file argument, p7zip reads data from the standard
input and compresses (or decompresses in case of -d) it into the stan‐
dard output.
SWITCHES-c, --stdout, --to-stdout
Write output on standard output.
-d, --decompress, --uncompress
Decompress file.
-f, --force
Skip some checks and force compression or decompression.
-h, --help
Print usage.
-k, --keep
Do not delete input file.
-- Treat all subsequent arguments as file names, even if they start
with a dash.
SEE ALSO7z(1), 7za(1), 7zr(1), bzip2(1), gzip(1), zip(1)AUTHOR
Written for Debian by Mohammed Adnene Trojette. Updated by Robert
Luberda.
7-Zip March 6th, 2016 p7zip(1)
