Extract cpio archive from rpm package manager (rpm) package.
rpm2cpio [filename]
rpm2cpio converts the .rpm file specified as a single argument to a cpio archive on standard out. If a '-' argument is given, an rpm stream is read from standard in.
rpm2cpio rpm-1.1-1.i386.rpm
rpm2cpio - < glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm
rpm2cpio glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm | cpio -dium
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