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60 lines
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layout: page
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category-page: fs
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category-title: FileSystem
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tags: working directory current position where
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author: Mirko Ponzio
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title: mkdir
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previous-page: pages/fs/ls.html
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next-page: pages/fs/mv.html
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---
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<!-- Co-authored with Alessandro Marinelli -->
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The <code>mkdir</code> command is used to create new directories<br>
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The name stands for <i>MaKe DIRectory</i>.<br>
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The default ls command syntax is:
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<pre>
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mkdir [flags] [-m mode] directory_name ...
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</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 <i>directory_name</i> is the
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name of the new directory we are going to create.<br><br>
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<h3>Create a new directory</h3>
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Let's see how to create a new directory:
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<pre>
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ls
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mkdir test_directory
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ls
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test_directory
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</pre>
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<h3>Create a path of directories</h3>
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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.
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<pre>
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mkdir -p test_directory/subdir/subsubdir
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</pre>
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As you can see, we are now creating two directories: one named <i>subdir</i> and
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another one, included in this, named <i>subsubdir</i><br>
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The -p flag is necessary to allow the shell to create intermediate
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directories as required.<br><br>
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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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mkdir -m 777 test_free_directory
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</pre>
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Our new directory will now have read,write and execute permissions for user, group and others.
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