Copy files from A to B, preserving directory hierarchy from wherever the script is executed

move_files.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

main() {
  local files=()

  # Method 1
  # while read -r fname; do
  #   derp+=("$fname")
  # done < <(ag -g html base/)

  # Method 2
  mapfile -t files < <( ag -g html . )

  for item in "${files[@]}"
  do
    local target_dir="../templates/$(dirname $item)/"

    if [[ -d "$target_dir" ]]; then
      echo "dir $target_dir does exist";
    else
      echo "dir $target_dir no exist"
      echo "creating it"
      mkdir -p $target_dir
    fi

    echo "copying $item to $target_dir"
    cp "$item" "$target_dir"

    echo
    echo
  done
}

main