cpio is a tool to copy files from one place to another, and to create archives, (like tar), or extract files from an archive file.
The good thing is that cpio takes its input from other commands like ls, or find
So you can archive all .mp3 in your home directory by entering this command:
ls *.mp3 | cpio -o --format=tar -F mymp3.tar
Or if you want to include subfolders
find $HOME -name "*.mp3" | cpio -o --format=tar -F mymp3.tar
You can list the contents of a .tar file.
cpio -it -F mymp3.tar
And extract them:
cpio -i -F mymp3.tar
Run
info cpio for a complete tutorial.
