7zip

Assumes p7zip-full is installed.

Compress to 7z, LZMA default

Compresses to lzma, default

7z a archive.7z TARGET/FILE/OR/DIRECTORY

Compress to 7z, LZMA2

7z a -m0=lzma2 archive.7z TARGET/FILE/OR/DIRECTORY

Compress to Multiple Chunks

7z a -v500m archive.7z TARGET/FILE/OR/DIRECTORY

Show Files in Archive Without Extracting

7z l archive.7z

Extract All Files to Specific Location

7z x archive.7z -o/folder

No space between -o and the path — 7zip requires it stuck to the flag.

Extract Specific File

7z x archive.7z archivedFile.txt -o./aNewFolder

Compress with Password

7z a -p archive.7z path/to/file

Prompts for a password on the CLI. Use -mhe=on alongside -p to also encrypt filenames, not just contents.