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Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 15:15:43 +0800
From: lilydjwg <lilydjwg@gmail.com>
To: zsh-users@zsh.org
Subject: Re: Copying certain subdirectories retaining structure
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On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 08:06:32PM +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/

I always find tar is great for copying lots of files:

tar c **/good(/) | tar xv -C /media/usbkey

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Best regards,
lilydjwg