这里有一种方法:

mkdir -p `dirname /path/to/copy/file/to/is/very/deep/there` \
   && cp -r file /path/to/copy/file/to/is/very/deep/there

Dirname将为您提供目标目录或文件的父目录。Mkdir -p ' dirname…'将创建该目录，确保当您调用cp -r时，正确的基目录已经就位。

这相对于——parents的优点是，它适用于目标路径中的最后一个元素是文件名的情况。

它可以在OS X上运行。

rsync file /path/to/copy/file/to/is/very/deep/there

如果您有正确的rsync类型，这可能会起作用。

我尊重上面的答案，我更喜欢使用rsync如下所示:

$  rsync -a directory_name /path_where_to_inject_your_directory/

例子:

$ rsync -a test /usr/local/lib/

这适用于MacOS上的GNU /bin/bash版本3.2(在Catalina和Big Sur上都进行了测试)

cp -Rv <existing-source-folder>/   <non-existing-2becreated-destination-folder>

“v”选项表示冗长。

我认为"-R"选项是"递归"

人类对-R的完整描述是:

If source_file designates a directory, cp copies the directory and the entire subtree connected at that point. If the source_file ends in a /, the contents of the directory are copied rather than the directory itself. This option also causes symbolic links to be copied, rather than indirected through, and for cp to create special files rather than copying them as normal files. Created directories have the same mode as the corresponding source directory, unmodified by the process' umask. In -R mode, cp will continue copying even if errors are detected. Note that cp copies hard-linked files as separate files. If you need to preserve hard links, consider using tar(1), cpio(1), or pax(1) instead.

在下面的例子中，我在existingfolder的末尾使用了一个“/”，这样它就会将existingfolder的所有内容(而不是文件夹本身)复制到newfolder中:

cp -Rv existingfolder/  newfolder

试一试。

我强烈建议你也这么做。 只是工作。

同样，my/location/poo .txt this/doesn /exist/yet/poo .txt

I wrote a support script for cp, called CP (note capital letters) that's intended to do exactly this. Script will check for errors in the path you've put in (except the last one which is the destination) and if all is well, it will do an mkdir -p step to create the destination path before starting the copy. At this point the regular cp utility takes over and any switches you use with CP (like -r, -p, -rpL gets piped directly to cp). Before you use my script, there are a few things you need to understand.

all the info here can be accessed by doing CP --help. CP --help-all include's cp's switches. regular cp won't do the copy if it doesn't find the destination path. You don't have such a safety net for typos with CP. You're destination will be created, so if you misspell your destination as /usrr/share/icons or /usr/share/icon well that's what's going to be created. regular cp tends to model it's behavior on the existing path: cp /a/b /c/d will vary on whether d exists or not. if d is an existing folder, cp will copy b into it, making /c/d/b. If d doesn't exist, b will be copied into c and renamed to d. If d exists but is a file and b is a file, it will be overwritten by b's copy. If c doesn't exist, cp doesn't do the copy and exits.

CP不能奢侈地从现有路径中获取线索，所以它必须有一些非常坚定的行为模式。CP假设要复制的项被放到目标路径中，而不是目标本身(也就是源文件/文件夹的重命名副本)。意义:

如果d是一个文件夹，“CP /a/b /c/d”会得到/c/d/b 如果/c/b中的b是一个文件夹，“CP /a/b /c/b”将生成/c/b/b。 如果b和d都是文件:CP /a/b /c/d将生成/c/d(其中d是b的副本)。同样情况下CP /a/b /c/b也是如此。

这种默认CP行为可以通过“——rename”开关改变。在这种情况下，我们假设

"CP——rename /a/b /c/d"是将b复制到/c，并将副本重命名为d。

最后几点注意事项:与cp一样，cp可以一次复制多个项，最后列出的路径被假定为目的地。只要使用引号，它还可以处理带有空格的路径。

CP将检查您输入的路径，并确保它们在复制之前存在。在严格模式下(可通过——strict开关获得)，要复制的所有文件/文件夹必须存在，否则不会进行复制。在松弛模式(——松弛)下，如果列出的项中至少有一个存在，则复制将继续。放松模式是默认模式，您可以通过开关临时更改模式，也可以通过在脚本开头设置变量easy_going永久更改模式。

下面是如何安装它:

在非根终端中，执行以下操作:

sudo echo > /usr/bin/CP; sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/CP; sudo touch /usr/bin/CP
gedit admin:///usr/bin/CP 

在gedit中，粘贴CP实用程序并保存:

#!/bin/bash
#Regular cp works with the assumption that the destination path exists and if it doesn't, it will verify that it's parent directory does.

#eg: cp /a/b /c/d will give /c/d/b if folder path /c/d already exists but will give /c/d (where d is renamed copy of b) if /c/d doesn't exists but /c does.

#CP works differently, provided that d in /c/d isn't an existing file, it assumes that you're copying item into a folder path called /c/d and will create it if it doesn't exist. so CP /a/b /c/d will always give /c/d/b unless d is an existing file. If you put the --rename switch, it will assume that you're copying into /c and renaming the singl item you're copying from b to d at the destination. Again, if /c doesn't exist, it will be created. So CP --rename /a/b /c/d will give a /c/d and if there already a folder called /c/d, contents of b will be merged into d. 

#cp+ $source $destination
#mkdir -p /foo/bar && cp myfile "$_"

err=0 # error count
i=0 #item counter, doesn't include destination (starts at 1, ex. item1, item2 etc)
m=0 #cp switch counter (starts at 1, switch 1, switch2, etc)
n=1 # argument counter (aka the arguments inputed into script, those include both switches and items, aka: $1 $2 $3 $4 $5)
count_s=0
count_i=0
easy_going=true #determines how you deal with bad pathes in your copy, true will allow copy to continue provided one of the items being copied exists, false will exit script for one bad path. this setting can also be changed via the custom switches: --strict and --not-strict
verbal="-v"


  help="===============================================================================\
    \n         CREATIVE COPY SCRIPT (CP) -- written by thebunnyrules\
    \n===============================================================================\n
    \n This script (CP, note capital letters) is intended to supplement \
    \n your system's regular cp command (note uncapped letters). \n
    \n Script's function is to check if the destination path exists \
    \n before starting the copy. If it doesn't it will be created.\n    
    \n To make this happen, CP assumes that the item you're copying is \
    \n being dropped in the destination path and is not the destination\
    \n itself (aka, a renamed copy of the source file/folder). Meaning:\n 
    \n * \"CP /a/b /c/d\" will result in /c/d/b \
    \n * even if you write \"CP /a/b /c/b\", CP will create the path /a/b, \
    \n   resulting in /c/b/b. \n
    \n Of course, if /c/b or /c/d are existing files and /a/b is also a\
    \n file, the existing destination file will simply be overwritten. \
    \n This behavior can be changed with the \"--rename\" switch. In this\
    \n case, it's assumed that \"CP --rename /a/b /c/d\" is copying b into /c  \
    \n and renaming the copy to d.\n
    \n===============================================================================\
    \n        CP specific help: Switches and their Usages \
    \n===============================================================================\n
    \
    \n  --rename\tSee above. Ignored if copying more than one item. \n
    \n  --quiet\tCP is verbose by default. This quiets it.\n
    \n  --strict\tIf one+ of your files was not found, CP exits if\
    \n\t\tyou use --rename switch with multiple items, CP \
    \n\t\texits.\n
    \n  --relaxed\tIgnores bad paths unless they're all bad but warns\
    \n\t\tyou about them. Ignores in-appropriate rename switch\
    \n\t\twithout exiting. This is default behavior. You can \
    \n\t\tmake strict the default behavior by editing the \
    \n\t\tCP script and setting: \n
    \n\t\teasy_going=false.\n
    \n  --help-all\tShows help specific to cp (in addition to CP)."

cp_hlp="\n\nRegular cp command's switches will still work when using CP.\
    \nHere is the help out of the original cp command... \
    \n\n===============================================================================\
    \n          cp specific help: \
    \n===============================================================================\n"

outro1="\n******************************************************************************\
    \n******************************************************************************\
    \n******************************************************************************\
    \n        USE THIS SCRIPT WITH CARE, TYPOS WILL GIVE YOU PROBLEMS...\
    \n******************************************************************************\
    \n******************************* HIT q TO EXIT ********************************\
    \n******************************************************************************"


#count and classify arguments that were inputed into script, output help message if needed
while true; do
    eval input="\$$n"
    in_=${input::1}

    if [ -z "$input" -a $n = 1 ]; then input="--help"; fi 

    if [ "$input" = "-h" -o "$input" = "--help" -o "$input" = "-?" -o "$input" = "--help-all" ]; then
        if [ "$input" = "--help-all" ]; then 
            echo -e "$help"$cp_hlp > /tmp/cp.hlp 
            cp --help >> /tmp/cp.hlp
            echo -e "$outro1" >> /tmp/cp.hlp
            cat /tmp/cp.hlp|less
            cat /tmp/cp.hlp
            rm /tmp/cp.hlp
        else
            echo -e "$help" "$outro1"|less
            echo -e "$help" "$outro1"
        fi
        exit
    fi

    if [ -z "$input" ]; then
        count_i=$(expr $count_i - 1 ) # remember, last item is destination and it's not included in cound
        break 
    elif [ "$in_" = "-" ]; then
        count_s=$(expr $count_s + 1 )
    else
        count_i=$(expr $count_i + 1 )
    fi
    n=$(expr $n + 1)
done

#error condition: no items to copy or no destination
    if [ $count_i -lt 0 ]; then 
            echo "Error: You haven't listed any items for copying. Exiting." # you didn't put any items for copying
    elif [ $count_i -lt 1 ]; then
            echo "Error: Copying usually involves a destination. Exiting." # you put one item and no destination
    fi

#reset the counter and grab content of arguments, aka: switches and item paths
n=1
while true; do
        eval input="\$$n" #input=$1,$2,$3,etc...
        in_=${input::1} #first letter of $input

        if [ "$in_" = "-" ]; then
            if [ "$input" = "--rename" ]; then 
                rename=true #my custom switches
            elif [ "$input" = "--strict" ]; then 
                easy_going=false #exit script if even one of the non-destinations item is not found
            elif [ "$input" = "--relaxed" ]; then 
                easy_going=true #continue script if at least one of the non-destination items is found
            elif [ "$input" = "--quiet" ]; then 
                verbal=""
            else
                #m=$(expr $m + 1);eval switch$m="$input" #input is a switch, if it's not one of the above, assume it belongs to cp.
                switch_list="$switch_list \"$input\""
            fi                                  
        elif ! [ -z "$input" ]; then #if it's not a switch and input is not empty, it's a path
                i=$(expr $i + 1)
                if [ ! -f "$input" -a ! -d "$input" -a "$i" -le "$count_i" ]; then 
                    err=$(expr $err + 1 ); error_list="$error_list\npath does not exit: \"b\""
                else
                    if [ "$i" -le "$count_i" ]; then 
                        eval item$i="$input" 
                        item_list="$item_list \"$input\""
                    else
                        destination="$input" #destination is last items entered
                    fi
                fi
        else
            i=0
            m=0
            n=1                     
            break
        fi      
        n=$(expr $n + 1)
done

#error condition: some or all item(s) being copied don't exist. easy_going: continue if at least one item exists, warn about rest, not easy_going: exit.
#echo "err=$err count_i=$count_i"
if [ "$easy_going" != true -a $err -gt 0 -a $err != $count_i ]; then 
    echo "Some of the paths you entered are incorrect. Script is running in strict mode and will therefore exit."
    echo -e "Bad Paths: $err $error_list"
    exit
fi

if [ $err = $count_i ]; then
    echo "ALL THE PATHS you have entered are incorrect! Exiting."
    echo -e "Bad Paths: $err $error_list"
fi

#one item to one destination:
#------------------------------
#assumes that destination is folder, it does't exist, it will create it. (so copying /a/b/c/d/firefox to /e/f/firefox will result in /e/f/firefox/firefox
#if -rename switch is given, will assume that the top element of destination path is the new name for the the item being given.

#multi-item to single destination:
#------------------------------
#assumes destination is a folder, gives error if it exists and it's a file. -rename switch will be ignored.

#ERROR CONDITIONS: 
# - multiple items being sent to a destination and it's a file.
# - if -rename switch was given and multiple items are being copied, rename switch will be ignored (easy_going). if not easy_going, exit.
# - rename option but source is folder, destination is file, exit.
# - rename option but source is file and destination is folder. easy_going: option ignored.

if [ -f "$destination" ]; then
    if [ $count_i -gt 1 ]; then 
        echo "Error: You've selected a single file as a destination and are copying multiple items to it. Exiting."; exit
    elif [ -d "$item1" ]; then
        echo "Error: Your destination is a file but your source is a folder. Exiting."; exit
    fi
fi
if [ "$rename" = true ]; then
    if [ $count_i -gt 1 ]; then
        if [ $easy_going = true ]; then
            echo "Warning: you choose the rename option but are copying multiple items. Ignoring Rename option. Continuing."
        else
            echo "Error: you choose the rename option but are copying multiple items. Script running in strict mode. Exiting."; exit
        fi
    elif [ -d "$destination" -a -f "$item1" ]; then
        echo -n "Warning: you choose the rename option but source is a file and destination is a folder with the same name. "
        if [ $easy_going = true ]; then
            echo "Ignoring Rename option. Continuing."
        else
            echo "Script running in strict mode. Exiting."; exit
        fi
    else
        dest_jr=$(dirname "$destination")
        if [ -d "$destination" ]; then item_list="$item1/*";fi
        mkdir -p "$dest_jr"
    fi
else
    mkdir -p "$destination"
fi

eval cp $switch_list $verbal $item_list "$destination"

cp_err="$?"
if [ "$cp_err" != 0 ]; then 
    echo -e "Something went wrong with the copy operation. \nExit Status: $cp_err"
else 
    echo "Copy operation exited with no errors."
fi

exit