mkdir.md

mkdir

make directories

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References

• man mkdir

Quickstart

mkdir dir   # Make directory

Synopsis

mkdir [-pv] [-m mode] directory_name ...

Options

• -m <mode> Set the file permission bits of the final created directory to the specified mode.
• -p Create intermediate directories as required.
• -v Verbose output

Usage

mkdir -m 600 root-user-only-dir

# check
$ ls -l
drw-------   2 icehe  staff    64B Sep 30 18:25 root-user-only-dir

mkdir -p path/to/some-dir

# check
$ tree path
path
└── to
    └── some-dir
2 directories, 0 files

mkdir -p foo/bar/{app/boy/{cat,dog},egg,fool}

# check
$ tree foo
foo
└── bar
    ├── apple
    │   └── boy
    │       ├── cat
    │       └── dog
    ├── egg
    └── fool
7 directories, 0 files