Simple script for moving files to another directory while preserving their folder structure.

deepmv

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

# Usage: deepmv '**/*.rb' ../other
#
# Moves files under the current directory matching a glob
# to another directory, preserving directory structure.

require 'fileutils'

glob = ARGV.shift
dest = ARGV.shift

Dir.glob(glob) do |f|
  destfile = File.join(dest, f)
  FileUtils.mkdir_p File.dirname(destfile)
  FileUtils.mv f, destfile
end