mkdir

Use mkdir to make a directory

$ mkdir {directory}
$ mkdir newdir
$ mkdir –p newdir1/newdir2/newdir3

NOTE: You have to either be the owner of the file or have write permissions to the directory containing the new directory!

• mkdir – make directory
• This creates a directory.
• Capitalize the first letter of any directory to make identifying a directory with ls easier.
  • mkdir [new directory name]
  • Example:  mkdir Temp
• You can create multiple directories with a single command
  • Example: mkdir Temp1 Temp2 Temp3

 

 

Linux man page – mkdir

MKDIR(1)                                                User Commands                                                MKDIR(1)



NAME
       mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
       mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

DESCRIPTION
       Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -m, --mode=MODE
              set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx - umask

       -p, --parents
              no error if existing, make parent directories as needed

       -v, --verbose
              print a message for each created directory

       -Z, --context=CTX
              set the SELinux security context of each created directory to CTX

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
              output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report mkdir bugs to bug-coreutils@gnu.org
       GNU coreutils home page: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
       General help using GNU software: <http://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
       Report mkdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright   ©   2013   Free   Software   Foundation,   Inc.    License   GPLv3+:   GNU   GPL   version   3   or  later
       <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.  There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent  permitted  by
       law.

SEE ALSO
       mkdir(2)

       The  full  documentation  for  mkdir  is  maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the info and mkdir programs are properly
       installed at your site, the command

              info coreutils 'mkdir invocation'

       should give you access to the complete manual.



GNU coreutils 8.21                                        March 2014                                                 MKDIR(1)