ouch

name	ouch
description	Use this skill when the user wants to compress or decompress files, create archives, extract zip/tar/7z files, or work with any supported archive formats.

ouch Plugin

Painless compression and decompression CLI.

Commands

Compress

• ouch compress run — Compress files into an archive

Decompress

• ouch decompress run — Decompress an archive

List

• ouch list run — List contents of an archive

Usage Examples

• "Compress files into a zip"
• "Decompress a tar.gz file"
• "List contents of an archive"
• "Extract to a specific directory"

Installation

cargo install ouch
# or
brew install ouch

Examples

# Compress files
ouch compress file.txt archive.zip

# Compress multiple files
ouch compress one.txt two.txt archive.zip

# Decompress
ouch decompress archive.zip

# Decompress to directory
ouch decompress archive.zip --dir output/

# List contents
ouch list archive.zip

# List as tree
ouch list archive.zip --tree

Supported Formats

Format	Extension	Notes
Zip	.zip
Tar	.tar
7z	.7z
Gzip	.gz	Parallel compression
Zstandard	.zst	Parallel compression
Brotli	.br
LZ4	.lz4
XZ	.xz
BZip2	.bz2
LZMA	.lzma
RAR	.rar	Decompress only

Formats can be chained: .tar.gz, .tar.zst, etc.