mkdir - Man Page
make directories
Examples (TL;DR)
- Create specific directories:
mkdir path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ... - Create specific directories and their parents if needed:
mkdir -p|--parents path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ... - Create directories with specific permissions:
mkdir -m|--mode rwxrw-r-- path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...
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, with their file modes unaffected by any -m option.
- -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 © 2024 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
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), mk-configure(7), mkdir(2), mkdirhier(1), perldocstyle(1), shtool(1), shtool-mkdir(1), systemd-mount(1).