Breaking up nested folders

find . -type f -exec cp {} <output folder> \;

#!/bin/bash

if [ -z $1 ]; then
    echo "Please provide an output folder"
    exit 0
fi

OUTPUT=$1

if [ ! -e $1 ]; then
    echo "Making output folder"
    mkdir $1
fi

function renameAndCopyFile() {
    f=`basename $1`
    COUNT=1 # Start with 1
    while [ 1 ]; do
        fname=`echo $f | cut -d '.' -f1`
        ext=`echo $f | cut -d '.' -f2`
        o="$fname-$COUNT.txt"
        if [ -e $OUTPUT/$o ]; then
            COUNT=$((COUNT+1))
        else
            echo "Rename and Copying $1 as $o"
            cp $1 $OUTPUT/$o
            break
        fi  
    done
}

# Begin of main script
for file in `find . -type f`; do  
    if [ -e $OUTPUT/`basename $file` ]; then 
        echo "File exists"
        renameAndCopyFile $file
    else 
        echo "Copying $file..."
        cp $file $OUTPUT; 
    fi; 
done