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cpio

Copies files to and from archives.

Take a list of file names from standard input and creates an archive from them:

echo "{{file1}} {{file2}} {{file3}}" | cpio -o > {{[o]utput_archive.cpio}}

Create an archive containing all the files and folders in a directory in [v]erbose mode:

find {{path/to/directory}} | cpio -ov > {{[o]utput_archive.cpio}}

Extract files from an archive, generating [d]irectories where needed, in [v]erbose mode:

cpio -idv < {{[i]nput_archive.cpio}}