7z
7z is a Linux command in the Archives & Compression category, rated intermediate difficulty. 7-Zip archiver — high compression ratio, many formats. The syntax is 7z [command] [options] archive [files]. It returns 7z archive. A close relative is tar, which creates and extracts tar archives. The standard Unix archiving tool. A close relative is gzip, which compresses files using Lempel-Ziv coding. Produces .gz files. A close relative is gunzip, which decompresses .gz files created by gzip. More about this category: Linux archive commands — tar, gzip, zip, unzip, and more. Compress and extract files and archives. Related Archives & Compression commands: tar, gzip, gunzip, zip, unzip, xz, zcat, bunzip2. This page is part of the free Linux Reference documentation covering 304+ commands, each with syntax, options, practical examples, and a difficulty rating. Find 7z and the other essentials on the Linux cheat sheet, or return to the Linux Reference homepage.