pcopy.sh

#!/bin/bash
# -*- mode:shell-script; coding:utf-8; -*-
#
# pcopy is "preserve copy"?  copy a file while preserving the directory structure. 
#
#
# Created: <Fri Jun 24 13:07:52 2016>
# Last Updated: <2016-July-19 20:25:05>
#
# example:
# pcopy gateway/sw/steps/oauthV2/main/java/com/somebody/steps/oauth/v2/ErrorCodes.java ~/dev/wacapps/apirt-916

pcopy() {
    local last=${@: -1}
    local FILE all_but_last orig_dir
    
    if [[ $# -ge 2 ]] ; then
        #echo "all: $@"
        if ! [[ "$last" == */ ]] ; then
            last="${last}/"
        fi
        if [ ! -d "$last" ] ; then
            mkdir -p "$last"
        fi
        all_but_last=(${@:0:$#})
        orig_dir=$(pwd)
        #echo "all but last: ${all_but_last[@]}"
        for FILE in "${all_but_last[@]}" ; do
            cd "$last"
            mkdir -p "${FILE%/*}"
            cd "$orig_dir"
            echo "$FILE"
            cp "$FILE" "${last}${FILE}"
        done
  else
    echo "pcopy: copy, preserving directory structure"
    echo "pcopy: Usage: cp-p SOURCE-WITH-PATH DEST_ROOT/"
  fi
}