How to copy files whilst stripping the first directory off

[g0itp1955]

HI,

I have had a problem with my hard disks causing the files and directories to be prefixed with a numerical directory in lost+found, I want to now copy these directories to a new disk but without the prefix;-

my old disk (hdd3) has for instance : #/lost+found/1600056/iptables/libipt_tos.so

I wish to copy it to /etc/iptables/libipt_tos.so in batch mode,

can anyone point me in the correct direction,

thanks

[CreamFilledGiraffe]

How about:

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cd /lost+found/1600056
cp -a iptables/ /new/disk/mount/point

This will copy the /lost+found/1600056/iptables directory to a new directory also called iptables in the /new/disk/mount/point directory.