Creating a new subdirectory in multiple existing directories

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I am trying to figure out an elegant way to create a new subdirectory in a series of existing directories.

I have 15 already created directories called Week1 through Week15. Within those directories, I'd like to create a new directory called "Assignments." I'm thinking this might require a loop of some kind, but outside of that I'm a little lost.

I know I can "cd" into each directory and then "mkdir Assignment" and repeat this step for all 15 directories, but I know there must be an easier way.

Any help/advice will be greatly appreciated!

score 13 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 18 '14 at 15:36

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You can do it without a loop:

mkdir -p Week{1..15}/Assignments

edited Sep 18 '14 at 15:36

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answered Sep 18 '14 at 15:32

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Note that the -p option specifies to make the parent dirs as necessary, so this will work even if you haven't created Week1 - Week15 yet. – Digital Chris Sep 18 '14 at 17:22
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This is called brace expansion, in case someone was wondering. – Alaa Ali Sep 19 '14 at 02:18
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mkdir -p Week{01..15}/Assignments – alfC Sep 19 '14 at 02:47

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 18 '14 at 15:29

There are a few ways - try using this loop:

for i in {1..15}; do mkdir Week$i/Assignments; done

You could also cheat at the Week folders - use this:

for i in {1..15}; do mkdir Week$i; done

Just for future reference - if you need to do something similar.

Creating a new subdirectory in multiple existing directories

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