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.

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mkdir first_folder second_folder third_folder

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mkdir first_folder, second_folder, third_folder

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mkdir first_folder second_folder third_folder

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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.

|
--parent_directory
|
----root_directory 
|
--------sub_directory
|
--------another_sub_directory
|

To nest a directory nested_dir inside the sub_directory from the parent directory, do this:

mkdir ./root_directory/sub_directory/nested_dir

Voila!