# man > MKDIR(1)

> **TLDR:** Create directories and set their permissions.
>
- Create specific directories:
  `mkdir {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}`
- Create specific directories and their parents if needed:
  `mkdir {{-p|--parents}} {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}`
- Create directories with specific permissions:
  `mkdir {{-m|--mode}} {{rwxrw-r-}} {{path/to/directory1 path/to/directory2 ...}}`
- Create multiple nested directories recursively:
  `mkdir {{-p|--parents}} {{path/to/{a,b}/{x,y,z}/{h,i,j}}}`

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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
              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 unaf‐
              fected by any **-m **option.

### -v --verbose
              print a message for each created directory

### -Z     

       **--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)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/mkdir/2/markdown)

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

GNU coreutils 9.4                           January 2026                                    [_MKDIR_(1)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/MKDIR/1/markdown)