7z: 7zip Usage Examples on Linux

7z: 7zip Usage Examples on Linux

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Extract into directory

Extract archive.tz to mydir/

$ 7z e archive.7z -omydir/

Extract multiple files into directory

Extract all .7z files in the current directory into directory mydir/

$ find . -name "*.7z" | xargs -I {} 7z x {} -omydir/

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