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Reputation: 511

Copy folder structure and only files name

I want to create a clone of the structure of one big folder (500Gb). I can do this easily with the below command :

cd /path/to/directories && find . -type d -exec mkdir -p -- /path/to/backup/{} \;

Now I also want to clone files (I mean copy each file but empty files)

For example let's suggest /path/to/directories/file.txt takes 1Gb space. I want /path/to/backup/file.txt to be empty (1Kb)

Maybe I can use this command 

> filename

Any idea ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 209

Answers (1)

Géza Török
Géza Török

Reputation: 1407

Try this:

cd /path/to/dirs ; find | while read f ; do [ ! -d "$f" ] && touch "/path/to/backup/$f" || mkdir -p "/path/to/backup/$f" ; done

Regards

Upvotes: 1

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