Manual: gnumknod

MKNOD(1)						User Commands						    MKNOD(1)

NAME
       mknod - make block or character special files

SYNOPSIS
       mknod [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR]

DESCRIPTION
       Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.

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

       -m, --mode=MODE
	      set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask

       -Z     set the SELinux security context to 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

       Both MAJOR and MINOR must be specified when TYPE is b, c, or u, and they must be omitted when TYPE is p.	 If MAJOR or
       MINOR begins with 0x or 0X, it is interpreted as hexadecimal; otherwise, if it begins with 0, as octal; otherwise, as
       decimal.	 TYPE may be:

       b      create a block (buffered) special file

       c, u   create a character (unbuffered) special file

       p      create a FIFO

       Your  shell  may have its own version of mknod, which usually supersedes the version described here.  Please refer to
       your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports.

AUTHOR
       Written by David MacKenzie.

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SEE ALSO
       mknod(2)

       Full documentation 
       or available locally via: info '(coreutils) mknod 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						    MKNOD(1)