7-Zip Command-Line Help (Batch File)

Question

I need to run 7-Zip from a batch file and perform a few tasks, I was wondering if it was possible. Here is my situation:

I have a folder "X:/Archived Backups/" that contains archives and sub-directories with archives.

Some of these archives also contain further archives.

I need to recursively scan the directory and sub-directories and 7-Zip to extract each archive to a folder by the same name (archive name).

I also need it to extract archives within archives within archives etc.

Finally, I need it to delete the archives when extracted (this includes the archives within archives) and only leave the extracted folders.

Is this possible? If so is it possible from the command line? How would I do it?

Many Thanks :)

The answer depends heavily on the shell you are using. Which one is it? — jlahd, Jul 08 '14 at 10:55
@foxidrive Windows is an operating system, not a shell. I was kind of hoping that the asker was not limited to `cmd.exe`, which unfortunately is Windows's default shell. — jlahd, Jul 08 '14 at 12:24

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 08 '14 at 11:29

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Test this to see if it does what you need - it should extract them to x:\extracted\path\filename folders.

It doesn't delete the archives because you have to test this first.

Check the path to 7z.exe first.

@echo off
set "location=x:\extracted"
md "%location%" 2>nul
for /r "X:\Archived Backups" %%a in (*.7z) do (
   md "%location%\%%~pna"
      pushd "%location%\%%~pna" && ("c:\program files\7-zip\7z.exe" x "%%a" & popd)
)
pause

answered Jul 08 '14 at 11:29

foxidrive

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As for the deletion part, i used `del /S /F *.zip *.7z *.rar` etc. to remove the archives. I then removed all empty directories with `for /f "usebackq delims=" %%d in (`"dir /ad/b/s | sort /R"`) do rd "%%d"` – strange_things_happen Jul 08 '14 at 12:21
Did you also use `*.zip *.7z *.rar` in my script? – foxidrive Jul 08 '14 at 13:19

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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You can use this post and this as starting points.

For iteration and testing directory:

FOR %%i IN (%VAR%) DO IF EXIST %%~si\NUL ECHO It's a directory

For files, check file extension and extract using 7-zip command :

edited May 23 '17 at 11:54

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answered Jul 08 '14 at 11:05

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Thank you for your reply. I got it sorted :) – strange_things_happen Jul 08 '14 at 12:24

7-Zip Command-Line Help (Batch File)

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