Manual: gnumkdir

MKDIR(1)						User Commands						    MKDIR(1)

NAME
       mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS
       mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

DESCRIPTION
       Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.

       Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

       -m, --mode=MODE
	      set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx - umask

       -p, --parents
	      no error if existing, make parent directories as needed, with their file modes unaffected by any -m option

       -v, --verbose
	      print a message for each created directory

       -Z     set SELinux security context of each created directory to the default type

       --context[=CTX]
	      like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX

       --help display this help and exit

       --version
	      output version information and exit

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

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SEE ALSO
       mkdir(2)

       Full documentation 
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mkdir invocation'

       Packaged by Ubuntu (9.7-3ubuntu2)
       Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later .
       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

GNU coreutils 9.7					January 2026						    MKDIR(1)