Tim here. The command-line iterface should speak pretty well. You can use the "t" command to "test" the archive's integrity $ 7z t my_archive.7z or the "l" command to list the files in the archive before extracting them: $ 7z l my_archive.7z Once you know the contents are what you expect, you can use the "x" command you showed to extract the files: $ 7z x my_archive.7z The output is a bit verbose with some copyright info, archive self-integrity testing, and some stats about the archive. But all the output should be pretty speakable. -tim On 2023-11-01 12:12, Karen Lewellen wrote: > Hi All, > imagine some here use 7zip to extract files in Linux. > I have an archive of a program that I want to extract, keeping all of the > sub directories in tact. > The file was compressed with 7zip, that I have not used before. > My google suggests something like > 7z x file.7z > will do the trick, but wanted to ask as I am unsure how well the program > will speak. > ideas? > Thanks, > Karen > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx.