ouch(1)

ouch1

A command-line utility for easily compressing and decompressing files and directories.

Usage

ouch [{-y | --yes}] [{-n | --no}] [{-A | --accessible}] [{-H | --hidden}] [{-q | --quiet}] [{-g | --gitignore}] [{-f | --format}] [{-p | --password}] [{-c | --threads}] [{-h | --help}] [{-V | --version}] <subcommands>

Overview

A command-line utility for easily compressing and decompressing files and directories.

Supported formats: tar, zip, gz, 7z, xz, lzma, lzip, bz/bz2, bz3, lz4, sz (Snappy), zst, rar and br.

Repository: https://github.com/ouch-org/ouch

Options

-y, --yes

Skip [Y/n] questions, default to yes

-n, --no

Skip [Y/n] questions, default to no

-A, --accessible

Activate accessibility mode, reducing visual noise

-H, --hidden

Ignore hidden files

-q, --quiet

Silence output

-g, --gitignore

Ignore files matched by git's ignore files

-f, --format <FORMAT>

Specify the format of the archive

-p, --password <PASSWORD>

Decompress or list with password

-c, --threads <THREADS>

Concurrent working threads

-h, --help

Print help (see a summary with '-h')

-V, --version

Print version

Subcommands

ouch-compress(1)

Compress one or more files into one output file

ouch-decompress(1)

Decompresses one or more files, optionally into another folder

ouch-list(1)

List contents of an archive

Version

v0.8.3

From ouch 0.8.3-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.