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⚡ TLDR: mkdir (tldr-pages)

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}}}

MKDIR(1)                                    User Commands                                   MKDIR(1)

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 unaf‐
              fected 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'

GNU coreutils 9.4                           January 2026                                    MKDIR(1)

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