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---
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layout: page
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category-title: Basic commands
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category-page: basic
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tags: directory list
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author: Alessandro Marinelli
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title: mkdir
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previous-page: pages/cmd/basic/cd.html
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---
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<p>The <code>mkdir</code> command is used to create new directories<br>
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The name stands for <i>MaKe DIRectory</i>.
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<h2>Syntax</h2>
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<p>The default ls command syntax is:
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<pre>mkdir [flags] [-m mode] directory_name ...</pre>
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Where [flags] are the mkdir <code> -p </code> and <code> -v </code> - flags,
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read below for more info,and <code> directory_name</code> is the
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name of the new directory we are going to create.</p>
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<h2>Usage</h2> <br>
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<h3>Create a new directory</h3>
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<p> Let's see how to create a new directory </p>
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<pre>
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Device-Name:test YourName$ mkdir test_directory
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Device-Name:test YourName$ ls
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test_directory
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</pre>
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<p>Now we have created a new directory defined by the relative path <code> test/test_directory </code>.
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Let's use the command <code> ls</code> to see if the experiment succeded.
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<pre>
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Device-Name:test YourName$ ls
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test_directory
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</pre>
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<p> As you can see, the directory <code> test_directory </code> has been created
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inside the directory <code> test</code>
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<h3> Create a Path of directories </h3>
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<p> Using the flag <code> -p</code> we can create a path of directories, allowing us
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to build more than a directory at once.</p>
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<pre>
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Device-Name:test lexinde$ mkdir -p test_directory/test_-pflag/A_Dir_in_a_Dir
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</pre>
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<p>As you can see, we are now creating two directories: one named <code> test_-pflag</code> and
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another one, included in this, named <code> A_Dir_in_a_Dir</code></p>
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<p><b>Notice:</b>the -p flag is necessary to allow the shell to create intermidiate
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directories as required </p>
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<h3> Create directories with specified permissions</h3>
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The <code>-m mode</code> option allows us to set permissions at the new directory
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that we are now creating.
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<pre>
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Device-Name:test YourName$ mkdir -m 777 test_free_directory
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</pre>
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<p>Our new directory will now have read,write and execute permissions for user, group and ...,.
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Go to <a href: pagina chmod> chmod </a> to see more infos about permissions. </p>
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