$ find . -name xyz | xargs -I DDD cp -rvf --parents 'DDD' combined
./1 -> combined/./1
./1/a`b -> combined/./1/a`b
'./1/a`b/xyz' -> 'combined/./1/a`b/xyz'
./2 -> combined/./2
./2/c`d -> combined/./2/c`d
'./2/c`d/xyz' -> 'combined/./2/c`d/xyz'