cpio — Copy files in and out of archives. Supports the following archive formats: cpio's custom binary, old

Take a list of file names from `stdin` and add them onto an archive (copy-[o]ut) in cpio's binary forma

echo "{{path/to/file1 path/to/file2 ...}}" | cpio {{[-o|--create]}} > {{archive.cpio}}

Copy all files and directories in a directory and add them onto an archive (copy-[o]ut), in verbose mode

find {{path/to/directory}} | cpio {{[-ov|--create --verbose]}} > {{archive.cpio}}

Pick all files from an archive (copy-[i]n), generating directories where needed, in verbose mode

cpio < {{archive.cpio}} {{[-idv|--extract --make-directories --verbose]}}