Questions tagged [mkdir]

Use this tag for questions about the bash coreutils mkdir command.

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Is there a way to create multiple directories at once with mkdir?

If I wanted to create multiple directories (on the same level) and then feed it a comma seperated list of directory names (or something to that effect)?
BGroat
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Can't make new dir with mkdir

When I run mkdir ../../bin/Release_Linux/Resources Im getting an error $ mkdir ../../bin/Release_Linux/Resources mkdir: cannot create directory ‘../../bin/Release_Linux/Resources’: No such file or directory Or just mkdir Release_Linux/Resources…
Slobodan Vidovic
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Overwrite an existing directory?

I have a directory name foo located in ~/Desktop . Suppose I want to create a directory from a terminal with same name and in the same location. When I tried mkdir it gave an error: mkdir: cannot create directory `/home/nux/Desktop/foo': File exists…
nux
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mkdir with date name?

In Linux shell, am I able to create a directory but the name would be a string returned from another program? And if I am able, how to? In particular I am asked to create a new directory in my Home, and its name would be the minute on my computer's…
Mr T
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How can I have mkdir cd into the newly-created directory?

Frequently, I type these commands in bash: mkdir something cd something I almost never do this: mkdir something ls # something in the current directory, not ./something/ And never this: mkdir something something2 How can I have mkdir cd into the…
user621107
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Why does mkdir fail (no such file or directory) in a script with BIN_DIR="~/bin/"?

Why does the mkdir command fail with: "No such file or directory"? #!/bin/bash set -e BIN_DIR="~/bin/" if [ ! -d "$BIN_DIR" ]; then mkdir "$BIN_DIR" fi
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Create a folder "Photo" inside all directories recursively

I have a bunch of folders and I want to loop over all those folders and in each folder create another folder named "Photo" F1 --F11 ----F111 ----F112 --F12 I want to have: F1 --Photo --F11 ----Photo ----F111 ------Photo ----F112 ------Photo --F12…
OOzy Pal
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Bash script to create a directory

I'm messing around with scripting, I am able to create a script which when run prompts me for a name for a new dir, creates it then creates several files, echoes lines out, then deletes it all. What I would like to do is morph it slightly so it…
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Create the directory structure using mkdir and touch

I am learning Unix online and i came across this question to create a hierarchical structure. I have created the directories using mkdir command but I am stuck while creating the files inside directory. My command for creating directories is mkdir…
Neeraj gupta
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mkdir says that file exists when it doesn't

When I run mkdir ~/.ipython/extensions/ I get mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/home/droudy/.ipython/extensions/’: File exists However when I navigate to /home/droudy , there is no .ipython folder or anything resembling that
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I can't update any packages nor can upgrade and all this started when I tried to install flashplugin which popup after I tried to upgrade last time

sudo apt-get update sudo: unable to mkdir /var/lib/sudo: No such file or directory [sudo] password for md: E: List directory /var/lib/apt/lists/partial is missing. - Acquire (2: No such file or directory) E: List of files can't be created as…
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rsync throwing mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/data/dir_1/dir_2/dir_3/’: No such file or directory

I mounted a disk at /data . This is empty at the moment. I need rsync to perform mkdir -p than mkdir as the file I needs to be at at level 4 i.e. /data/dir_1/dir_2/dir_3/filename when dir_1 , dir_2 and dir_3 doesn't exists. If I create the needed…
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Creating a new subdirectory in multiple existing directories

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…
Justin
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Missing Downloads folder

I'm using Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. Suddenly today, my Downloads folder went missing. After googling the problem, I used mkdir to create a new Downloads folder. It was created successfully, but the files inside it are missing. When I run: locate Downloads…
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How can I recursively make a directory in the last directories using the command line?

Let's say that I have the following directory structure where the name of the directories does not matter: currentDir/ Dir1 Dir1 Dir1 * Dir2 * Dir3 * Dir2 Dir1 * Dir2 Dir1* Dir3* Is there a way that I can create a directory named "Texture" in only…
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