Creating Directories in Linux

In this post we are going to discuss [1] how to create a directory, [2] create multiple directories at once, [3] create a directory inside a directory which does not exist.

Create a directory
#mkdir <directory name> command will create a directory. You can check it by issuing ls command.

I created a directory called dirA, then its seen by ls cmd.

Create multiple directories at once
#mkdir <directory name1> <directory name2> . . . . .  command will create multiple directories at once in the same directory. Note the directory names are seperated by space.

I created 3 directries namely dirB, dirC and dirD.

Create a directory inside another that does not exist

#mkdir -p <non existing directory>/<directory name> command will create a directory inside non existing directory. Note the directories are seperated by / forward slash.

I created dirF inside dirE which does not exist. Verify it by ussuing ls command.

Summary
#mkdir a
#mkdir a b c d
#mkdir -p a/b
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