How to create a directory in Linux with mkdir command?

mkdir (make directories) - In Linux/Unix operating system mkdir command is used to make new directories if they do not already exist.

• mkdir stands for make directories.
• mkdir is also used in IBM OS, Microsoft Windows, DOS for the same purpose.
• It is also available in EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) shell and PHP scripting language.
• While executing the mkdir command must have permission to create a directory in the parent directory.
• mkdir command can create multiple directories and set permission for the directories.

The general syntax of mkdir command.

mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

Brief description of options available with the 'mkdir' command.

for creating a directory in Linux using terminal we need to run this command mkdir <directory name>

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In this example, using mkdir -m a=r newfolder a directory is created and only allows users to read from the directory.

In this example, a directory already exists with 'hope' name and no error is showing.

In this tutorial, we covered how we can create a directory or create multiple directories in Linux. We also learned how we can create parent directories along with creating a directory if the parent directories are not already present.