p7zip(1) Mohammed Adnene Trojette p7zip(1)
October 31 2004
NAME
p7zip - Wrapper on 7za, a 7-zip file archiver with high compression
ratio
SYNOPSIS
p7zip [-d] [-h|--help] [--] [file...]
-h print this help
-d decompress file
-- treats all subsequent arguments as file names, even if they
start with a dash
DESCRIPTION
7-Zip is a file archiver with the highest compression ratio. The
program supports 7z (that implements LZMA compression algorithm), ZIP,
CAB, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO, RPM and DEB formats. 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 7zip
FUNCTION LETTERS
-d Decompress file
-h, --help
Print usage
-- Treats all subsequent arguments as file names, even if they
start with a dash
SEE ALSO
7z(1), 7za(1), 7zr(1), bzip2(1), gzip(1), zip(1)
AUTHOR
Written for Debian by Mohammed Adnene Trojette.
- 1 - Formatted: April 18, 2024
