Linux mkdir command.

mkdir  Creates directories with the given names. mkdir creates the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.

mkdir command syntax

mkdir [OPTION]… DIRECTORY…

mkdir mkdir dir1 dir2 dir3 create directories dir1, dir2, dir3

mkdir command options

mkdir command main options:

option	description
-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

mkdir command examples

Now let us practice some mkdir commands.

 

mkdir – create directory:

$ mkdir dir
$ ls
dir
$

 

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mkdir -p parent/child – To create directory paths with parent directories that do not exist:

$ mkdir -p parent/child 
$ ls parent
child
$