Copy nested folders contents to one folder recursively (terminal)

Question

I have a Wordpress upload folder that is structured using subfolders for months.

wolfr2:uploads wolfr$ tree .
.
|-- 2007
|   |-- 08
|   |   |-- beautifulkatamari         


        

Answer 1

This will copy all *.jpg files from the current folder to a new folder and preserve the directory structure.

tar cvfp `find . -name "*.jpg"` | (cd ; tar xfp -)

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To copy without preserving the directory structure:

cp `find . -name "*.jpg"`