Creating a Directory with mkdir
To create an empty directory called newdirectory within your current directory, use this command:
matthew@seymour:~$ mkdir newdirectory
You can create a directory in a different location by changing what is after mkdir
. To create a new directory in /home/matthew/music
, if I am already in my /home
directory, I can use the following:
matthew@seymour:~$ mkdir music/newdirectory
Or from anywhere using an absolute path, I can use this:
matthew@seymour:~$ mkdir /home/matthew/music/newdirectory
Or from anywhere using a path shortcut, I can use the following command:
matthew@seymour:~$ mkdir ~/music/newdirectory
The -p
option is valuable. It enables you to create a directory and its parent directories at the same time, ...
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