Copy each file of the entire directory structure to the base path of another

Question

I have a directory tree with a lot of files. I would like to copy all these files to one new directory, but with all the files located in the database folder.

So, I have something like this:

images ├── avatar.png ├── bg.jpg ├── checkbox.png ├── cross.png ├── datatables │  ├── back_disabled.png │  ├── back_enabled.png │  ├── forward_disabled.png │  ├── forward_enabled.png │  ├── sort_asc.png │  ├── sort_asc_disabled.png │  ├── sort_both.png │  ├── sort_desc.png │  └── sort_desc_disabled.png ├── exclamation.png ├── forms │  ├── btn_left.gif │  ├── btn_right.gif │  ├── checkbox.gif │  ├── input │  │  ├── input_left-focus.gif │  │  ├── input_left-hover.gif │  │  ├── input_left.gif │  │  ├── input_right-focus.gif │  │  ├── input_right-hover.gif │  │  ├── input_right.gif │  │  ├── input_text_left.gif │  │  └── input_text_right.gif │  ├── radio.gif │  ├── select_left.gif │  ├── select_right.gif 

And I would like something like this:

  new_folder ├── avatar.png ├── bg.jpg ├── checkbox.png ├── cross.png ├── back_disabled.png ├── back_enabled.png ├── forward_disabled.png ├── forward_enabled.png ├── sort_asc.png ├── sort_asc_disabled.png ├── sort_both.png ├── sort_desc.png ├── sort_desc_disabled.png ├── exclamation.png ├── btn_left.gif ├── btn_right.gif ├── checkbox.gif ├── input_left-focus.gif ├── input_left-hover.gif ├── input_left.gif ├── input_right-focus.gif ├── input_right-hover.gif ├── input_right.gif ├── input_text_left.gif ├── input_text_right.gif ├── radio.gif ├── select_left.gif ├── select_right.gif 

I am sure there is bashcommand for this, but I have not found it yet. Do you have any ideas?

CS

Answer 1

you are looking for ways to smooth the directory

 find /images -iname '*.jpg' -exec cp --target-directory /newfolder/ {} \; 

find all iname files in case of case insensitive name mode.
copy cp once to --target-directory with the name /newfolder/ .
{} expand the list from find into the form /dir/file.jpg /dir/dir2/bla.jpg .

Answer 2

 find /source-tree -type f -exec cp {} /target-dir \; 

Answer 3

In zsh :

cp /source/**/* /destination

Answer 4

 $ cd images && cp ** new_folder/