Moving and replacing folder contents

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Hi guys,
I just installed tiger and am moving some data from a backup hard drive.

Is there a way move a folder's additional contents without replacing the existing contents, for example:

Destination folder:

Root folder
--- Content folder 1
--- Content folder 2
--- Content folder 3
--- Content folder 4

Folder to replace root folder but without overwriting existing contents:

Root folder
--- Content folder 1 (Copying additional files without overwriting the contents of existing folder)
--- Content folder 2 (Copying additional files without overwriting the contents of existing folder)
--- Content folder 5
--- Content folder 7

The folders are too complex for me to do this manually, some directories contain thousands of files and sub folders, I know there is a shortcut or method but I can't find it anywhere.
 
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Bump for a good question. I would like to know the answer to this one as well.
 
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Way... way too many specs to list.
both mv -n and cp -n should not overwrite existing files.
 

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