Linux cli command mkdir

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NAME 🖥️ mkdir 🖥️

make directories

SYNOPSIS

mkdir [OPTION]… DIRECTORY…

DESCRIPTION

Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

-m, –mode=MODE
set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx - umask

-p, –parents
no error if existing, make parent directories as needed, with their file modes unaffected by any -m option.

-v, –verbose
print a message for each created 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

–help
display this help and exit

–version
output version information and exit

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.

REPORTING BUGS

GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it. There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

mkdir(2)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir>
or available locally via: info ‘(coreutils) mkdir invocation’

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