Copying Rebars & Rebar container to multiple elements

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if someones are interested, here my final script based on @Organon’s script for multiple copies of rebars containers from one element to others elements
copy_rebar_containers

multiple copies of rebars containers 
import sys
import clr
import System

from System.Collections.Generic import IList, List 

clr.AddReference('RevitAPI')
import Autodesk
from Autodesk.Revit.DB import *
from Autodesk.Revit.DB.Structure import *

clr.AddReference('RevitNodes')
import Revit
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.Elements)
clr.ImportExtensions(Revit.GeometryConversion)

clr.AddReference('RevitServices')
import RevitServices
from RevitServices.Persistence import DocumentManager
from RevitServices.Transactions import TransactionManager

doc = DocumentManager.Instance.CurrentDBDocument

all_Shafts = FilteredElementCollector(doc).OfCategory(BuiltInCategory.OST_GenericModel).WhereElementIsNotElementType().ToElements()

# get the remainder rebar hosts.
New_rebar_hosts = all_Shafts[1:]


# Get rebar containers.
first_rebarHostData = RebarHostData.GetRebarHostData(all_Shafts[0])
first_containersInHost = first_rebarHostData.GetRebarContainersInHost()
old_containerIds = List[ElementId]([c.Id for c in first_containersInHost])

# Get levels for remainder rebar hosts.
levels = []
for host in New_rebar_hosts:
    level = doc.GetElement(host.LevelId)
    levels.append(level)
    
TransactionManager.Instance.EnsureInTransaction(doc)
new_containerIds = []
for l in range(0, len(levels)):
    t = XYZ(0, 0, levels[l].Elevation)
    containerId = ElementTransformUtils.CopyElements(doc, old_containerIds, t)
    new_containerIds.append(containerId)

new_containers = []
for i,j in zip(range(0, len(new_containerIds)), range(0, len(New_rebar_hosts))):
    temp = []
    for id in new_containerIds[i]:
        container = doc.GetElement(id)
        container.SetHostId(doc, New_rebar_hosts[j].Id)
        temp.append(container)
    new_containers.append(temp)
TransactionManager.Instance.TransactionTaskDone()

OUT = new_containers
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