Command: mkdir

Syntax

mkdir <directory> {,<directory> ... }

Description

Create one or more new directories.

Parameters

• <directory>
  The name of the new directory. Any sub-directories in the file hierarchy will be created as necessary. On Unix systems, all newly created directories are given access rights of 0777, i.e. full acess to all.

Switches

• -q
  Quiet mode. If there are errors, for example if the directory already exists, do not print an error message.

Examples

Create a new directory.

mkdir my_dir

Create multiple new directories.

mkdir /usr/dir1, /usr/dir2, /usr/dir3

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