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-x (Exclude filenames) switch

Specifies which filenames or wildcarded names must be excluded from the operation.

Multiple exclude switches are supported.

Syntax

-x[<recurse_type>]<file_ref>

<recurse_type> ::= r[- | 0]
<file_ref> ::= @{listfile} | !{wildcard}

See -i (Include) switch description for information about option parameters.

Examples

7z a -tzip archive.zip *.txt -x!temp.*

adds to the archive archive.zip all *.txt files, except temp.* files.

Commands that can be used with this switch