rpm2cpio - Converts Red Hat Packge (RPM) to cpio archive
rpm2cpio [filename]
rpm2cpio converts the .rpm file specified as it’s sole argument to a cpio archive on standard out. If no argument is given, a rpm stream is read from standard in.
rpm2cpio
rpm-1.1-1.i386.rpm
rpm2cpio < glint-1.0-1.i386.rpm
glint(8), rpm(8)
Erik Troan <ewt@redhat.com>