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  • Ok I see...so then how can I copy nth level of directories with cp and find together? Commented Nov 22, 2023 at 7:43
  • @anmac1789 Please take our short tour to see how the site is designed to work. Your explicit questions were "How is this copying all the subfolders?", "How do I make sense of why this is happening?". I believe I have answered these. Asking a follow up question in comments does not fit the site. Editing your post is possible, but expanding it after it was answered is not a good practice. Consider asking a separate question. Commented Nov 22, 2023 at 7:52
  • my follow up question is related to the original question what do you mean ? Commented Nov 22, 2023 at 7:57
  • @anmac1789 The follow-up question is related, but answer(s) will be substantially different. I was able to answer the current questions, but maybe I cannot answer the follow-up. Other users may know answers to the follow-up and there is no need for them to duplicate my answer. In this case having two questions (i.e. posts, threads) is totally within the gist of the site; they will be related, we can link them, no problem. Having one post that covers all your questions may give you partial answers: my answer answers the original questions, new answers will answer the follow-up. Not good. Commented Nov 22, 2023 at 8:12
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    Ok, a new follow up question is linked to this post: unix.stackexchange.com/questions/762088/… I've edited my original post to let you know Commented Nov 22, 2023 at 8:30