I have to copy set of files from one folder to another folder and i am using the following command,

       `cp -rf `head -n 100 /home/tmp/abc.txt` /home/tmp/test/files`

the file contents in abc.txt is like,

./folder1/example.tar.gz ./folder2/example.tar.gz ./folder3/example.tar.gz

But while executing the above 'cp' command am getting,

cp: will not overwrite just-created /home/tmp/test/files/example.tar.gz' with ./folder3 /example.tar.gz' cp: will not overwrite just-created /home/tmp/test/files/example.tar.gz' with ./folder1/example.tar.gz'

I can understand that because the name of the .gz files are same its showing the error.

what i want to do is,

to have the same folder structure inside "/home/tmp/test/files" as listed in abc.txt

like,

    /home/tmp/test/files/folder1/example.tar.gz
 
/home/tmp/test/files/folder2/example.tar.gz
 
/home/tmp/test/files/folder3/example.tar.gz

but am getting only one 'example.tar.gz'inside files folder after executing the above "cp" command.

So what is the way to get what i mentioned above?

Am new to this pls help me with explanation.

I have to copy a set of files from one folder to another folder and I'm using the following command:

cp -rf `head -n 100 /home/tmp/abc.txt` /home/tmp/test/files

the file contents in abc.txt is like:

./folder1/example.tar.gz
./folder2/example.tar.gz
./folder3/example.tar.gz

But while executing the above cp command I'm getting:

cp: will not overwrite just-created `/home/tmp/test/files/example.tar.gz' with `./folder3 /example.tar.gz'
cp: will not overwrite just-created `/home/tmp/test/files/example.tar.gz' with `./folder1/example.tar.gz'

I can understand that because the name of the .gz files are the same that are showing in the error. What I want to do is to have the same folder structure inside /home/tmp/test/files as listed in abc.txt, like:

/home/tmp/test/files/folder1/example.tar.gz
/home/tmp/test/files/folder2/example.tar.gz
/home/tmp/test/files/folder3/example.tar.gz

But I'm getting only one example.tar.gz inside files folder after executing the above cp command.

So what is the way to get what I mentioned above?