NAME¶

mkdir - Create the given DIRECTORY(ies) if they do not exist

SYNOPSIS¶

mkdir [-m|--mode] [-p|--parents] [-v|--verbose] [-Z ] [--context] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] <dirs>

DESCRIPTION¶

Create the given DIRECTORY(ies) if they do not exist

OPTIONS¶

-m, --mode

set file mode (not implemented on windows)

-p, --parents

make parent directories as needed

-v, --verbose

print a message for each printed 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

-h, --help

Print help

-V, --version

Print version

<dirs>

EXTRA¶

Each MODE is of the form [ugoa]*([-+=]([rwxXst]*|[ugo]))+|[-+=]?[0-7]+.

VERSION¶

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

EXAMPLES¶

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 ...

Create multiple nested directories recursively:

mkdir [-p|--parents] path/to/{a,b}/{x,y,z}/{h,i,j}

The examples are provided by the tldr-pages project <https://tldr.sh> under the CC BY 4.0 License. Please note that, as uutils is a work in progress, some examples might fail.