Command-line tool

cpio

brew/cpio

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Copies files into or out of a cpio or tar archive archive tar gnuwin32 cpio

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id GnuWin32.Cpio -e

macOS

brew install cpio

Linux

brew install cpio

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 > 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 > archive.cpio

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

cpio < archive.cpio -idv

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