use find to duplicate the parent directory’s structure into the current directory, files are not copied

gistfile1.txt

# given the structure
../foo/bar
../fizz/bang
../beep
# move into the beep child dir and run the command
cd beep
find ../ -mindepth 1 -type d  -printf "%P\0" | xargs  --null mkdir
# now beep has the same structure 
./foo/bar
./fizz/bang
./beep


# mindepth 1 prevents the "." from being printed as a match
# printf is used to print the leading part of the path except for the "../" 
# --null tells xargs about the null terminator we included in our print format