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Old 02-22-2013
Bug Copy the files in directory and sub folders as it is to another directory.
How to copy files from one directory to another directory with the subfolders copied.

If i have folder1/sub1/sub2/* it needs to copy files to folder2/sub1/sub2/*.
I do not want to create sub folders in folder2.
Can copy command create them automatically?


I tried cp -a and cp -R but did not work.

Thanks,
# 2  
Old 02-22-2013
Like this? This one-liner will find all files recursively under folder1/ and copy them into folder2/ without creating sub-folders.
Code:
find ./folder1/ -type f -exec cp {} ./folder2/ \;

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Old 02-22-2013
It has to create sub folders.

i m using the command
find /directory1/sub1/ -name $file -exec cp -p {} /directory2/lib/ \;

but in the "sub1" folder i have subfolders and files, which are copied as all files in the single folder "lib" but not creating the subfolders present in the "sub1". I need those subfolders also to be created and copied.
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Old 02-22-2013
Quote:
Originally Posted by santosh2626
If i have folder1/sub1/sub2/* it needs to copy files to folder2/sub1/sub2/*.
I do not want to create sub folders in folder2.
Quote:
Originally Posted by santosh2626
It has to create sub folders.
i m using the command
find /directory1/sub1/ -name $file -exec cp -p {} /directory2/lib/ \;

but in the "sub1" folder i have subfolders and files, which are copied as all files in the single folder "lib" but not creating the subfolders present in the "sub1". I need those subfolders also to be created and copied.
Contradicting requirements.

And surprising that cp -R didn't work.
Code:
cp -R directory1/sub1 directory2/lib

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santosh2626
# 5  
Old 02-22-2013
Sorry that i did not put that in a clear way. I do not want to create the folders by myself. I want the copy command to create itself the subfolders and copy the files.
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