use tree command output to create the same directory tree structure in different place

Question

Is there command or UNIX utility that can take tree output like:

.
`-- First
    |-- data1
    |   `-- some_file -> /tmp/some_file
    `-- data2

and create the same tree structure in another place?

Using `tree` is an odd method... https://stackoverflow.com/a/4073992/2836621 — Mark Setchell, Mar 03 '18 at 17:44
@Nahuel : I don't want to use cp, I want to save tree output as kind of template and use it as fresh structure start. — Roman Kaganovich, Mar 03 '18 at 17:48

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 03 '18 at 18:43

find First -type d -print0 | xargs -0 tar cf dir_template.tar --no-recursion

Where First is the top level directory that you want to save the structure of.

Copy dir_template.tar to your target destination, then:

tar xf dir_template.tar

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