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Linux mkdir command

Create a directory. The -p flag also creates missing parent directories.

GNU Coreutils

Syntax

Command form

mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

4 options

Option	What it does
`-p, --parents`	Create missing parent directories; do not fail if they exist.
`-m, --mode=MODE`	Set permissions using a symbolic or numeric mode.
`-v, --verbose`	Print a message for each created directory.
`-Z`	Set the SELinux security context on created directories.

3 examples

Create a directory. The -p flag also creates missing parent directories.

mkdir -p ./project/logs

Create a directory tree, including missing parents.

mkdir -p ~/projects/demo/src

Create a directory with mode 750.

mkdir -m 750 private-data

Default directory permissions can be affected by the process umask; review the result with stat or ls -ld.