Zipping everything in directory with 7z except one file or one file type

Question

i'd like to zip everything except one file ``` 7z a -tzip files.zip * ``` this will zip all the files in my current directory.. is there a way I can tell it to not zip one file or one file type ?

Accepted Answer

Per the 7za command-line help, you use the -x switch to do this:

```
-x[r[-|0]]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude filenames
```

To exclude the file foo.txt you would add:

```
-x!foo.txt
```

To exclude all .html files (*.html) you would add:

```
-x!*.html
```

You can add multiple -x entries to exclude multiple filenames and/or wildcards in one zip command. Adding the following will exclude foo.txt and *.html:

```
-x!foo.txt -x!*.html
```

So with your example, this would add all files to files.zip EXCEPT files named "FILENAME" or that matched the *.extension wildcard:

```
7z a -tzip files.zip * -x!FILENAME -x!*.extension
```

Zipping everything in directory with 7z except one file or one file type

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