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7za Command: Extract Archive To Specific Directory
An engineer working on a software project needs to extract files from a compressed 7z archive into a designated output directory to ensure that the extracted files are organized for further development and testing. Exact CLI syntax to extract archive to specific directory using 7za.
When to use this: An engineer working on a software project needs to extract files from a compressed 7z archive into a designated output directory to ensure that the extracted files are organized for further development and testing.
Command Syntax
7za x <path/to/archive.7z> -o<path/to/output>7za x <path/to/archive.7z> -o<path/to/output>Command Breakdown
-o<path/to/output>- Command Option
- Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.
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Purpose: Exact syntax to extract archive to specific directory using 7za.
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