Linux：用Grep和CP查找。 需要修饰符帮助以保留目录结构

Question

The issue: We have hundreds of folders, each with hundreds of images. We need to copy the first 5 images into a destination folder.

This is the command I've managed to construct:

find . -name '000[0-5]*' -exec cp --parents {} /volume1/WORKING/Covers/disk6/africa{} \;

returns this error message:

cp: with --parents, the destination must be a directory

I can't seem to find the correct modifier. What am I missing?

Thanking you kindly

Answer 1

Suggesting to try:

 cp $(find . -type f -name '000[0-5]*') /volume1/WORKING/Covers/disk6/africa