copychkdirs.bash

# Copies files that have a specific extension to another directory while keeping directory structure and remove the prefix
# Example: ./dir_00000032.chk/Media/Backgrounds/Indoors/hall.jpg -> ../recov/jpg/Media/Backgrounds/Indoors/hall.jpg
# Replace the extension as you like
find -name "*.jpg" -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -i bash -c 'tt="$(echo -n '"'"'{}'"'"' | sed -e '"'"'s/[.]\/[^/]*\///g'"'"')"; mkdir -p "../recov/jpg/$(dirname '"\""'$tt'"\""')"; cp -v '"'"'{}'"'"' "../recov/jpg/$tt"'
# To remove the extension completely and just copy everything:
find -type f -print0 | xargs -0 -i bash -c 'tt="$(echo -n '"'"'{}'"'"' | sed -e '"'"'s/[.]\/[^/]*\///g'"'"')"; mkdir -p "../recov/$(dirname '"\""'$tt'"\""')"; cp -v '"'"'{}'"'"' "../recov/$tt"'
# Of course replace the things as you like
# This comes extremely useful when you have found.* folders from chkdsk which you want to extract
# files from.

# Other examples

# Copy music
find -type f \( -name "*.mp3" -o -name "*.mp2" -o -name "*.ogg" -o -name "*.flac" -o -name "*.wav" -o -name "*.aac" \) -print0 | xargs -0 -i bash -c 'tt="$(echo -n '"'"'{}'"'"' | sed -e '"'"'s/[.]\/[^/]*\///g'"'"')"; mkdir -p "../recov/music/$(dirname '"\""'$tt'"\""')"; cp -v '"'"'{}'"'"' "../recov/music/$tt"'
 
# Copy images
find -type f \( -name "*.png" -o -name "*.tif" -o -name "*.tiff" -o -name "*.gif" -o -name "*.tga" -o -name "*.pdn" \) -print0 | xargs -0 -i bash -c 'tt="$(echo -n '"'"'{}'"'"' | sed -e '"'"'s/[.]\/[^/]*\///g'"'"')"; mkdir -p "../recov/images/$(dirname '"\""'$tt'"\""')"; cp -v '"'"'{}'"'"' "../recov/images/$tt"'