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Question

What do the linux command below do ?

$ mkdir -p mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep

Answer

When given the option -p , then mkdir will create parent directories as needed.

paul@debian8:~$ mkdir -p mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep
paul@debian8:~$ cd mydir2 paul@debian8:~/mydir2$ ls -l total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 paul paul 4096 Sep 17 00:11 mysubdir2

paul@debian8:~/mydir2$ cd mysubdir2
paul@debian8:~/mydir2/mysubdir2$ ls -l total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 paul paul 4096 Sep 17 00:11 threedirsdeep

paul@debian8:~/mydir2/mysubdir2$ cd threedirsdeep/
paul@debian8:~/mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep$ pwd /home/paul/mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep

Question

What do the linux command below do ?

$ mkdir -p mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep

Answer
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Question

What do the linux command below do ?

$ mkdir -p mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep

Answer

When given the option -p , then mkdir will create parent directories as needed.

paul@debian8:~$ mkdir -p mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep
paul@debian8:~$ cd mydir2 paul@debian8:~/mydir2$ ls -l total 4
drwxr-xr-x 3 paul paul 4096 Sep 17 00:11 mysubdir2

paul@debian8:~/mydir2$ cd mysubdir2
paul@debian8:~/mydir2/mysubdir2$ ls -l total 4
drwxr-xr-x 2 paul paul 4096 Sep 17 00:11 threedirsdeep

paul@debian8:~/mydir2/mysubdir2$ cd threedirsdeep/
paul@debian8:~/mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep$ pwd /home/paul/mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep
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Chapter 8. working with directories
rent directory of threedirsdeep does not exist. paul@debian8:~$ mkdir mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep mkdir: cannot create directory ‘mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep’: No such fi\ le or directory <span>When given the option -p, then mkdir will create parent directories as needed. paul@debian8:~$ mkdir -p mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep paul@debian8:~$ cd mydir2 paul@debian8:~/mydir2$ ls -l total 4 drwxr-xr-x 3 paul paul 4096 Sep 17 00:11 mysubdir2 paul@debian8:~/mydir2$ cd mysubdir2 paul@debian8:~/mydir2/mysubdir2$ ls -l total 4 drwxr-xr-x 2 paul paul 4096 Sep 17 00:11 threedirsdeep paul@debian8:~/mydir2/mysubdir2$ cd threedirsdeep/ paul@debian8:~/mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep$ pwd /home/paul/mydir2/mysubdir2/threedirsdeep rmdir When a directory is empty, you can use rmdir to remove the directory. paul@debian8:~/mydir$ ls -l total 8 drwxr-xr-x 2 paul paul 4096 Sep 17 00:08 otherstuff drwxr-xr-x 2 paul pau

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