How about: tar --strip-components=1 -xvf <tar_file> On Saturday, 24 March 2012 17:42:33 UTC, Steve Wolf wrote: > > I have a script Im trying to write. I download a file which is a > tar.gz file. Its actually a list of blacklist sites. > > However when it extracts it creates a folder that it puts all the > subdidrectories into. eg. > \BL\ads > \BL\spam > \BL\etc > \BL\whatever > \BL\so-on > > Is there any switch etc that could be used to extract the folders with > the data actually in them and not put them into the BL folder. In > other words > \ads > \spam > \whatever > \so-on > > I just want the folders. > > The reason why is because the actual folder that the blacklist folders > goes into is actually a folder called > \blacklist\ads > \blacklist\spam > > So\BL\ is wrong. > > Sure there are many ways I could achieve this eg extract them > cp \BL\*.* \blacklist them over, but I just wondered if I could > extract them right over first off and put them in the right folder and > save some processing. > > Thanks.
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