Linux "mkdir" Command Line Options and Examples

create a directory

Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist. Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

Usage:

mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

Command Line Options:

-m

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


                            mkdir -m ...

-p

no error if existing, make parent directories as needed


                            mkdir -p ...

-v

print a message for each created directory


                            mkdir -v ...

-Z

set SELinux security context of each created directory to the default type


                            mkdir -Z ...

--context[

like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX


                            mkdir --context[ ...

--help

display this help and exit


                            mkdir --help ...

--version

output version information and exitAUTHORWritten by David MacKenzie.REPORTING BUGSGNU coreutils online help: <http://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>Report mkdir translation bugs to <http://translationproject.org/team/>COPYRIGHTCopyright © 2017 Free Software Foundation, Inc. License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://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.


                            mkdir --version ...