7zip command line - extract all files in a folder except *.exe

Question

I am using the command:

7z.exe x -y -o<dir> <archive dir> * -aoa -r

to extract all archives that are located in the archive directory.

I am running into a problem where exe files that are packaged end up getting extracted as well.

Is there a way to extract all files within a directory but exclude *.exe files?

I tried the -x flag (-x!.exe and -xr!.exe), but they exclude extracting *.exe from within the rar and zip archives.

Thanks for the help.

Answer 1

You should specify what files to extract from inside the <archive> folder. If you want to only extract files from .zip files, you should specify <archive>\*.zip.

7z.exe x -y -o<dir> <archive dir>\*.zip * -aoa -r