Mkdir

wikipedia:mkdir command to create directories.

• Man page: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/mkdir.1.html
• mkdir --help

-p, --parents

Examples

• mkdir -p /path/to/your/new/dir
• mkdir ~/.ssh

• mkdir -p "$(dirname "$1")" && touch "$1"

Options

• -p, --parents makes parents directories if needed

Related commands

• ls
• useradd
• touch
• dirname

See also

• file, File system, directory, touch, mkdir, ls, ln truncate, fallocate, split, stat, inode, File descriptor, superblock, block size (blockdev), fuser, lsof, scrub, chattr, ulimit (nofiles), cp, mv, file (command), mkfifo, chmod
• md (Windows)