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Suppose I have a tar that contains:
/ # Root directory
/level1/ # A sub directory
/level1/a.file
/level1/b.file
/level1/... # The rest
How can I do something like tar -xf that would untar the contents level1/ like this:
/a.file
/b.file
/... # The rest
As long as it involves a simple sub-directory like my original question, I found I can do this: