The mkdir command is used to create new directories
The name stands for MaKe DIRectory.
The default ls command syntax is:
mkdir [flags] [-m mode] directory_name ...Where [flags] are the mkdir
-p and -v - flags,
read below for more info,and directory_name is the
name of the new directory we are going to create.
Let's see how to create a new directory
Device-Name:test YourName$ mkdir test_directory Device-Name:test YourName$ ls test_directory
Now we have created a new directory defined by the relative path test/test_directory .
Let's use the command ls to see if the experiment succeded.
Device-Name:test YourName$ ls
test_directory
As you can see, the directory test_directory has been created
inside the directory test
Using the flag -p we can create a path of directories, allowing us
to build more than a directory at once.
Device-Name:test lexinde$ mkdir -p test_directory/test_-pflag/A_Dir_in_a_Dir
As you can see, we are now creating two directories: one named test_-pflag and
another one, included in this, named A_Dir_in_a_Dir
Notice:the -p flag is necessary to allow the shell to create intermidiate directories as required
-m mode option allows us to set permissions at the new directory
that we are now creating.
Device-Name:test YourName$ mkdir -m 777 test_free_directory
Our new directory will now have read,write and execute permissions for user, group and ...,. Go to chmod to see more infos about permissions.