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Subject: Re: Copying certain subdirectories retaining structure
From: Philippe Troin <phil@fifi.org>
To: zzapper <david@rayninfo.co.uk>
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Date: Sat, 22 Feb 2014 13:40:12 -0800
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On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 20:06 +0000, zzapper wrote:
> I want to copy all files in subdirectories named /good/ to a USB while 
> retaining directory structure
> 
> /aaa/pic/good
> /aan/dogs/good/
> /dir1/dir2/dir3/good/

for i in **/good(/)
do
  dest=/media/usbkey/$i
  mkdir -p $i:h
  cp -a $i /media/usbkey/$i
done

Phil.