move files and retain subdir structure

Shell Programming and Scripting
1

hi:

I have some files like this

folder1/recording1.mp3
folder1/docs/budget.doc

folder2/others/misc.mp3
folder3/others/notes.doc

all this folders and files are under the mp3 folder.

I would like to move just the mp3s to another folder but retain the subdir structure i have.

So if a mp3 was under folder2/others
then it is moved to
newmp3s/folder2/others

All the .doc files should remain intact and not moved.

Thanks in advance.

2 
find folder1/ folder2/ -name '*.mp3' -print | while read file
do
    echo mkdir -p $( dirname $file )
    echo mv $file newdir/$( dirname $file )
done

If it looks like it should (eg no unexpected stuff), remove the echos.

3

when I use it with echos it looks like it should work. mkdir commands are duplicated though.

When I run it without echos I get a "No such file or directory" message.

It finds the files and everything but it doesnt create the folders I guess.

4

Sorry, my bad. Missed to include the new directory in the mkdir (red part)

find folder1/ folder2/ -name '*.mp3' -print | while read file
do
    echo mkdir -p newdir/$( dirname $file )
    echo mv $file newdir/$( dirname $file )
done
5

thanks!