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NAME

       p7zip  -  Wrapper  on  7zr, a 7-zip file archiver with high compression
       ratio

SYNOPSIS

       p7zip [-d] [-h|--help] [file]
           -h print this help
           -d decompress file

DESCRIPTION

       7-Zip is a file  archiver  with  the  highest  compression  ratio.  The
       program  supports 7z (that implements LZMA compression algorithm), ZIP,
       CAB, ARJ, GZIP, BZIP2, TAR, CPIO,  RPM  and  DEB  formats.  Compression
       ratio in the new 7z format is 30-50% better than ratio in ZIP format.

       p7zip is a gzip-like CLI wrapper script for 7zip

FUNCTION LETTERS

       -d     Decompress file

       -h, --help
              Print usage

SEE ALSO

       7z(1), 7za(1), 7zr(1), bzip2(1), gzip(1), zip(1)

AUTHOR

       Written for Debian by Mohammed Adnene Trojette.