mkdir
So far, we have learnt how to work with files. mkdir allows you to create a folder and like the touch command, you can pass one or multiple folder name arguments.
To create a single folder, add a space after mkdir and then pass the intended name of the folder.
mkdir test
Creating multiple folders
You can create multiple folders by separating the folder name arguments with space.
mkdir first_folder second_folder third_folder
Afterwards, you can use the ls command to list the newly created files.
Nested folders
Consider the following folder structure, where the parent_directory contains a root_directory which in turn holds a sub_directory and another_sub_directory.
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--parent_directory
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----root_directory
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--------sub_directory
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--------another_sub_directory
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To nest a directory nested_dir inside the sub_directory from the parent directory, do this:
mkdir ./root_directory/sub_directory/nested_dir
Voila!