Using ‘mkdir’ Commands in Linux

Linux offers a number of highly functional commands to the Linux Hosting experts in order to enable them to use the functions promptly. The ‘mkdir’ is a function that deals with a number of integral functions related to directory. Below listed are the basic sub-commands associated with this command.

• To create a new directory :

$ mkdir directoryname

• To create the directory tree.dir3 under dir2 and dir2 and this under dir1

$mkdir –p dir1/dir2/dir3

• To point the location of dir5

$ mkdir dir5
$ cd !$