RSync shell script to copy files from one directory to another while maintaining dir structure

copy-files-with-directory-structure.sh

#!/bin/bash

# List of files to copy
files=(
"/path/to/source/folder1/file1.txt"
"/path/to/source/folder2/file2.txt"
"/path/to/source/folder3/file3.txt"
)

# Source and destination directories
source_dir="/path/to/source"
dest_dir="/path/to/destination"

# Copy files while maintaining directory structure
for file in "${files[@]}"; do
    # Get the relative path of the file
    relative_path="${file#$source_dir/}"

    # Get the directory of the file
    file_dir=$(dirname "$relative_path")

    # Create the directory structure in the destination
    mkdir -p "$dest_dir/$file_dir"

    # Copy the file to the destination
    cp "$file" "$dest_dir/$relative_path"
done

echo "Files have been copied successfully."