Create directories or folders in Linux with mkdir command

The Linux command, mkdir command is useful to create one or more new directories.

Determine the type of mkdir command

The mkdir is a file command, go through the below explanation you'll understand.

type mkdir
# mkdir is /usr/bin/mkdir

Executing type mkdir on terminal gives mkdir is /usr/bin/mkdir as output in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS default(bash) shell.

type -t mkdir
# file

Executing type mkdir on terminal gives file as output in Ubuntu 20.04 LTS default(bash) shell.

This article shows the basic usage of mkdir command with examples.

The mkdir command

Also can be used to create multiple folders/directories.

Syntax

mkdir [OPTION] [DIRECTORY]...

This command accepts one or more directory name separated by space.

Options

• --help

  It displays the command help information.

• -v or --verbose

  It displays a verbose message for every directory created.

• --version

  It displays a command version info.

• -p

  Useful to create nested directories

How to create a new directory

To create a new directory named practice you would execute the following command:

mkdir practice

The directory named practice will be created in the current working directory & you can verify it using the ls command as shown below.

ls -l

drwxrwxr-x 2 user user 4096 Mar 29 09:35 practice

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