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I would like to be able to run 7zip from the command line on Mac. Does anyone have instructions on how to set this up?
Paul Sheldrake
Posted 2013-02-08T10:35:49.193
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How can I install 7zip so I can run it from Terminal on OS X
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Troy Harvey
Posted 2013-02-08T10:35:49.193
Reputation: 3 508
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On the download page of 7-zip, there are several options for OS X. Unfortunately, they seem to be with a GUI, or not available at the moment.
You can download p7zip though.
p7zip is the command line version of 7-Zip for Unix/Linux, made by an independent developer
It is distributed as Linux binaries and in source code form on Sourceforge.
Download the source code, and run make in the folder you extract the archive to. It will automatically build 7za for your OS. You might need Xcode and its command line tools for this to work.
$ cd Downloads/p7zip_9.20.1
$ make
[...]
$ cd bin
$ ls
7za
$ ./7za
7-Zip (A) [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18
p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=de_DE.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,4 CPUs)
Usage: 7za <command> [<switches>...] <archive_name> [<file_names>...]
[<@listfiles...>]
<Commands>
a: Add files to archive
b: Benchmark
d: Delete files from archive
e: Extract files from archive (without using directory names)
l: List contents of archive
t: Test integrity of archive
u: Update files to archive
x: eXtract files with full paths
<Switches>
-ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include archives
-ax[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude archives
-bd: Disable percentage indicator
-i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include filenames
-m{Parameters}: set compression Method
-o{Directory}: set Output directory
-p{Password}: set Password
-r[-|0]: Recurse subdirectories
-scs{UTF-8 | WIN | DOS}: set charset for list files
-sfx[{name}]: Create SFX archive
-si[{name}]: read data from stdin
-slt: show technical information for l (List) command
-so: write data to stdout
-ssc[-]: set sensitive case mode
-t{Type}: Set type of archive
-u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName]: Update options
-v{Size}[b|k|m|g]: Create volumes
-w[{path}]: assign Work directory. Empty path means a temporary directory
-x[r[-|0]]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude filenames
-y: assume Yes on all queries
$ ./7za a 7za.7z 7za
7-Zip (A) [64] 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18
p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=de_DE.UTF-8,Utf16=on,HugeFiles=on,4 CPUs)
Scanning
Creating archive 7za.7z
Compressing 7za
Everything is Ok
$ ls
7za 7za.7z
Daniel Beck
Posted 2013-02-08T10:35:49.193
Reputation: 98 421
1Before "make" I had to issue command "cp makefile.macosx_64bits makefile.machine" – chrisinmtown – 2015-03-16T16:47:06.217
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If you only need to extract archives, unar (a command line version of The Unarchiver) also supports 7zip.
Lri
Posted 2013-02-08T10:35:49.193
Reputation: 34 501
11same for macports:
sudo port install p7zipno problem – Alan Blount – 2014-08-23T02:39:47.7101@AlanBlount thanks for adding instructions for MacPorts. – Troy Harvey – 2014-09-10T20:49:57.210
On a tangent, my brew update required sudo, is that ok or not? How can I change its behavior in this case to run without sudo? – pal4life – 2014-09-25T20:37:24.703
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@pal4life Check the permissions on your Cellar directory.
– Troy Harvey – 2014-10-19T20:38:07.790What is sputnik? and what is heed? – Matthew Semik – 2016-05-14T05:43:12.943
1@MaciekSemik Example file names. – Sridhar Katakam – 2017-03-14T10:10:20.867
@MaciekSemik https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-OCjvbV2Z4
– Troy Harvey – 2017-08-22T20:24:13.2702I had to come here to find out that the command isn't p7zip, it is 7z... – MikeP – 2017-12-10T00:52:02.393
i would have a better chance of destroying the entire universe by accident than stumbling upon the correct syntax – Zigster – 2018-03-20T23:16:11.753
@MikeP I didn't even realize until I read your comment...! – Valdimar – 2018-06-22T19:26:16.267
Now I only need to figure out how to extract to a sub-folder... – n1000 – 2019-01-14T11:59:01.280