mkdir

Examples (TL;DR)

• Create a directory in current directory or given path: mkdir directory
• Create directories recursively (useful for creating nested dirs): mkdir -p path/to/directory

tldr.sh

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

set SELinux security context of each created directory to the default type

--context[=CTX]

like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX

--help

display this help and exit

--version

output version information and exit

Author

Written by David MacKenzie.

Reporting Bugs

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Copyright

Copyright © 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://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)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir>
or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkdir invocation'

Referenced By

cpuset(7), gio(1), libarchive-formats(5), librrd(3), mkdir(2), mkdirhier(1), richaclex(7), shtool(1), shtool-mkdir(1).