How to use 7-zip to add a folder to an archive, including only files with certain extensions

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I know that the 7-zip command to add a folder to an archive is, e.g.:

"c:\program files\7-zip\7z" a testArchive.zip c:\myFolder

And the command to add only files of a certain extension to an archive is, e.g.:

"c:\program files\7-zip\7z" a testArchive.zip c:\myFolder\*.jpg -i!c:\myFolder\*.pdf

How do I add a folder to an archive containing only files of a certain extension? I tried:

"c:\program files\7-zip\7z" a testArchive.zip c:\myFolder\ -i!c:\myFolder\*.jpg -i!c:\myFolder\*.pdf

but that just added all the files in the folder, not just the .jpg and .pdf. What's more, it also added subfolders, which I didn't want.

Is there a way to use the -x switch so that I can say, "add all files except those that are not these extensions, and don't add any subfolders"?

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Your command told 7z to add the data in myFolder, then also to add stuff in myFolder that was a jpg, then that which is a pdf. You can just use:

"c:\program files\7-zip\7z" a testArchive.zip -i!c:\myFolder\*.jpg -i!c:\myFolder\*.pdf

and that will pick up the correct files through the inclusion filters.

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As far as I can tell, 7-zip doesn't have a command that does what you're looking for. Here's a Windows batch file script which I think will do what you want. It should be run from the command line so you can supply a path to the root of the folder tree to be processed.

File unzipper.bat

@echo off
setlocal
if "%1"=="" goto Usage

call :Get7zCmd
:: Recurse folder passed in as paramater
for /r %1 %%Z in (*.zip) do (
    echo ====
    rem Change to the directory of zip file
    cd /d "%%~dpZ"
    rem Extract all files to current directory
    echo %_7zCmd% e "%%~nxZ" -y
    rem Delete the zip file
    echo del "%%~nxZ"
)
goto End

:Usage
echo.
echo Parses through folder structure starting at the specified path, finding
echo and extracting the contents of all zip files found, and then deletes
echo the zip file.
echo.
echo Usage:
echo     %~n0 root-directory-path
echo.
echo     For example:
echo.
echo %~n0 "D:\some folder"

:End
goto :EOF

:: ==========================
:: Subroutine Get7zCmd
:: Determines the full path to 7-zip command-line executable from the Windows
:: Registry and sets the variable "_7zCmd" to the result.
:Get7zCmd
set Reg.Key=HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\7zFM.exe
set Reg.Val=Path
for /F "Tokens=2*" %%A in ('Reg Query "%Reg.Key%" /v "%Reg.Val%" ^| find /I "%Reg.Val%"') do call set PathDirectory=%%B
set _7zCmd="%PathDirectory%%\7z.exe"
exit /b 0

Since as a whole what the script does is fairly radical and potentially destructive because it might extract large numbers of file and delete many zip files afterward, I've disabled the commands on lines 12 and 14 which would do those things by prefixing them with echo. This make them just print out what they would have done if the echo wasn't there. That way you can test the script first without doing any damage to your file system should there be some sort of unexpected problem.

To modify the script actually perform these actions, you'll need to remove the echo on each of the two lines. Standard disclaimer of any liability applies, of course.

7-Zip command line to extract a folder from an archive

You need to use 7z x archive.zip to extract with full paths. See: http://sevenzip.sourceforge.jp/chm/cmdline/commands/extract_full.htm

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