The mkdir Command

Summary

The mkdir command creates new directories or subdirectories. The command has a few options which are described below.

For all descriptions below, the dollar sign indicates that BASH command prompt.

$ mkdir [options] [directory name]

The -m flag sets permission mode.

The -p flag makes parent directories as needed.

The -v flag prints a message for each created directory.

The mkdir command has a few different kinds of outputs as described below:

Standard output with no flags, which creates the new directory within the directory where the command is run:
Output with -v flag, which prints a message in the command line pertaining to the directory:

If you want to create multiple directories run $ mkdir [directory name] [directory name].
To create directories inside of directories: $ mkdir -p [directory name]/[directory name]. Here’s an example: $ mkdir -p jake/time