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MKDIR

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: June 2025
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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/>  

SEE ALSO

mkdir(2)


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


Packaged by Debian (9.7-3)
Copyright © 2025 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.

 

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