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Linux command mkdir with example

Posted on Author Ashish - Taste The Linux

Hi Guys! Today we will look at one of the popular Linux command mkdir with examples and options, the mkdir is basically used to create a directory and the folder in Linux OS.

$ mkdir tastethelinux

Our first command will create the directory named as tastethelinux.

Structure: mkdir [options] [folder/directory]

This is a syntax to write the command in BASH/TERMINAL.

Let’s have an example and then we will move forward, 

$ mkdir -p taste/the/linux

So, mkdir is the command, -p is an option and taste/the/linux is an argument.

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Now we have look the another option with the same commands, just try “mkdir example/tastethelinux/aa/bb“

Error: mkdir: cannot create directory ‘example/tastethelinux/aa/bb’: No such file or directory linux command mkdir

Error: mkdir: cannot create directory ‘example/tastethelinux/aa/bb’: No such file or directory

So we will use the first option -p of the mkdir command for the above Solution.

  • mkdir option -p is used to create a parent directory
$ mkdir -p example/tastethelinux/aa/bb

So the question was, what is the parent directory now example/tastethelinux/aa/bb, you can see bb it’s parent directory is aa, and the parent directory of aa is tastethelinux and the parent directory of tastethelinux is an example.

  • mkdir option -v is a verbose this will print the message
$ mkdir -v tastethelinux
output: 
mkdir:created directory 'tastethelinux'
  • mkdir option -m is used when we have to set the permission of the directory.
$ mkdir -m 777 tla

In the above example, we have set the permission as 777. So, when we will create the directory by default value is 775.

Cheat-sheet of mkdir command
1. To Create a directory

Syntax: 
mkdir [directory_name] 

Example:  
mkdir tastethelinux 
2. To create a Multiple directory 

Syntax:  
mkdir [directory_name] [directory1_name] [directory3_name] 

Example:  
mkdir taste the linux  
3. To create a Multiple directories with {} 

Syntax: 
mkdir {[directory_name],[directory1_name],[directory3_name]} 

Example: 
mkdir {taste,example,linux} 
4. Create a parent directory 

Syntax: 
mkdir -p [directory_name]/[directory1_name]/[directory3_name] 

Example: 
mkdir -p taste/exam/pratice 
5. Print the message while creating a directory

Syntax: 
mkdir -v [directory_name] 

Example: 
mkdir -v taste 
6. set permission while creating a directory

Syntax:  
mkdir -m [permission] [directory_name] 

Example: 
mkdir -m 770 tastethelinux

So, Lets try to Solve some Questions for mkdir command

[wp_quiz id=”1030″]

Let’s see the chart Solution Number 4
practice
├── aa
│   ├── a1
│   └── a2

$ mkdir -vp practice/aa/a{1..2}
output: 
mkdir: created directory 'practice'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/aa'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/aa/a1'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/aa/a2'
├── bb
│   ├── b1
│   ├── b2
│   ├── b3
│   ├── b4
│   └── b5

$ mkdir -pv practice/bb/b{1..5}
output: 
mkdir: created directory 'practice/bb'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/bb/b1'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/bb/b2'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/bb/b3'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/bb/b4'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/bb/b5'
└── cc
$ mkdir -v practice/cc
output: 
mkdir: created directory 'practice/cc'
$ mkdir -vp practice/{aa/a{1..2},bb/b{1..5},cc}
output: 
mkdir: created directory 'practice'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/aa'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/aa/a1'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/aa/a2'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/bb'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/bb/b1'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/bb/b2'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/bb/b3'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/bb/b4'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/bb/b5'
mkdir: created directory 'practice/cc'

You can also create a same directory via using this command

$ mkdir -vp practice/aa/a{1..2} practice/bb/b{1..5}  practice/cc

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