Extracting high-compression .7z archive files on Linux requires installing the p7zip-full package. The 7z command-line utility supports listing archive contents, extracting with full folder paths, or creating password-protected archives.

Terminal 7z Commands Quick Reference

Terminal 7z Commandsbash
# Install 7-Zip CLI utilities on Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y p7zip-full
 
# List contents of 7z archive without extracting
7z l archive.7z
 
# Extract 7z archive maintaining full directory structure (RECOMMENDED)
7z x archive.7z -o/target/destination/directory
 
# Extract 7z archive into current directory (Flattens all files)
7z e archive.7z