copy folder structure only

files/cp-dir-struct

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+
+set -e
+function helpexit() {
+    echo Usage: $( basename "$0" ) -v source[/]  target
+    echo Copy directory structure to a folder.
+    echo 'This command always recurses to subdirectories!'
+    echo '-v  verbose'
+    exit
+}
+
+VERBOSE=""
+for ((i=1; i<=${#@}; i++)) {
+    [[ "${!i}" = "-h" ]] && helpexit
+    [[ "${!i}" = "--help" ]] && helpexit
+    [[ "${!i}" = "-v" ]] && { VERBOSE="-v"; continue; }
+    [[ -z "$SRC" ]] && { SRC="${!i}"; continue; }
+    [[ -z "$TGT" ]] && { TGT="${!i}"; continue; }
+    echo Too many arguments
+    exit 1
+}
+
+is_subfolder=1
+if [[ "${SRC: -1}" = "/" ]]; then
+  is_subfolder=0
+fi
+
+src_abs=$( realpath "$SRC" )
+tgt_abs=$( realpath "$TGT" )
+src_base=$( basename "$src_abs" )
+
+if [[ $is_subfolder -eq 1 ]]; then
+  tgt_abs+="/$src_base"
+fi
+
+find "$SRC" -mindepth 1 -type d -printf "$tgt_abs/%P\0" | while read -d $'\0' file; do
+  mkdir -p $VERBOSE "$file"
+done
+