In linux find can be really powerful.
You can use
OutDir="$/include/header/cocos/" # Linux is case sensitive, Check if mkdir -p "$" # it is needed Cocos or cocos... cd ./Frameworks/Cocos # just to have clean path to create # Here with only one line find . -name "*.h" -exec bash -c 'cp -p --parents {} "$" ' \; # cd - # Eventually to come back to the previous path Notes:
cp -p preserve ownership...
cp --parentscreate destination dir but needs that the base directory it exists.
mkdir -p Create the directory with all the parents' path without error if just exists
man find for all the options of find.
If you want to remain close to the precedent script
cd "$" echo 'Copying Cocos Headers into Framework..' StartSearchDir="$../Frameworks/Cocos" BaseDestDir="$/include/header/cocos/" cd $StartSearchDir for H in `find . -name "*.h"`; do echo "$" PathFileDir=$(dirname $H) mkdir -p "$/$" # no error, make parents too cp -p "$H" "$/$/" # preserve ownership... # ditto -V "$" "$/include/header/cocos/" # commented line done Note with dirname you can extract from a full path+filename string only the path.
Check the help with man dirname and man basename