Command-line tool

p7zip

brew/p7zip

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7-Zip (high compression file archiver) implementation

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install 7zip
scoop install nanazip

macOS

brew install p7zip

Linux

brew install p7zip

[a]dd a file or directory to a new or existing archive

7z a path/to/archive.7z path/to/file_or_directory

Encrypt an existing archive (including filenames)

7z a path/to/encrypted.7z -ppassword -mhe=on path/to/archive.7z

E[x]tract an archive preserving the original directory structure

7z x path/to/archive.7z

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