cp /my/long/path/here/thing.txt /my/other/path/here/cpedthing.txt

cp: cannot create regular file `/my/other/path/here/cpedthing.txt': No such file or directory

COMMAND1 && COMMAND2
mkdir -p /my/other/path/here/ && touch /my/other/path/here/cpedthing.txt

FILE=./base/data/sounds/effects/camera_click.ogg

mkdir -p "$(dirname "$FILE")" && touch "$FILE"

mktouch() {
    if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
        echo "Missing argument";
        return 1;
    fi

    for f in "$@"; do
        mkdir -p -- "$(dirname -- "$f")"
        touch -- "$f"
    done
}

mktouch ./base/data/sounds/effects/camera_click.ogg ./some/other/file

#!/bin/sh
for f in "$@"; do mkdir -p "$(dirname "$f")"; done
touch "$@"

mkdir -p /my/other/path/here/
touch /my/other/path/here/cpedthing.txt

install -D /my/long/path/here/thing.txt /my/other/path/here/cpedthing.txt

install -D <(echo 1) /my/other/path/here/cpedthing.txt

if [ ! -d /my/other ]
then
   mkdir /my/other/path/here
   cp /my/long/path/here/thing.txt /my/other/path/here/cpedthing.txt
fi

mkdir -p /my/other/path/here;cp /my/long/path/here/thing.txt /my/other/path/here/cpedthing.txt

mkdir -p /my/other/path/here
cp /my/long/path/here/thing.txt /my/other/path/here/cpedthing.txt

cd /my/long
cp --parents path/here/thing.txt /my/other

ptouch() {
    for p in "$@"; do
        _dir="$(dirname -- "$p")"
        [ -d "$_dir" ] || mkdir -p -- "$_dir"
    touch -- "$p"
    done
}

mkdir -p /code/tmp/other/path/here
touch /code/tmp/other/path/here/cpredthing.txt

mkdir -p /code/tmp/other/path/here &&
touch $_/{cpredthing.txt,anotherfile,somescript.sh}

mkdir -p /code/tmp/other/path/here
touch /code/tmp/other/path/here/cpredthing.txt /code/tmp/other/path/here/anotherfile /code/tmp/other/path/here/somescript.sh

rm -rf /abs/path/to/file;  #prevent cases when old file was a folder
mkdir -p /abs/path/to/file; #make it fist as a dir
rm -rf /abs/path/to/file; #remove the leaf of the dir preserving parents
touch /abs/path/to/file; #create the actual file