CentOS 4.1 X86_64 I am trying to collect all my music files and extract them into a new directory flat, (without the hierarchy) The command works find without the pipe, but do not work with. 1.Why don't the command work after the pipe? 2.How do I remove the hierarchy before extracting? $ tar -cvf music.tar `find ../ -name '*.mp3' -o -name '*.ogg'` | tar -xvf music.tar