cpio

Copies files in and out of archives.

Supports the following archive formats: cpio's custom binary, old ASCII, new ASCII, crc, HPUX binary, HPUX old ASCII, old tar, and POSIX.1 tar.

• Take a list of file names from standard input and add them [o]nto an archive in cpio's binary format:

echo "{file1} {file2} {file3}" | cpio -o > {archive.cpio}

• Copy all files and directories in a directory and add them [o]nto an archive, in [v]erbose mode:

find {path/to/directory} | cpio -ov > {archive.cpio}

• P[i]ck all files from an archive, generating [d]irectories where needed, in [v]erbose mode:

cpio -idv < {archive.cpio}

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