cheat:cpio
# Create a specific cpio archive:
ls | cpio --create > <path/to/archive.cpio>
# Extract a specific cpio archive:
cpio --extract --make-directories < <path/to/archive.cpio>
tldr:cpio
# 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.
# More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/cpio>.
# 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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