mkdir [directory name] if you would like to create a directory in the name ‘myproject’ type mkdir myproject

To make multiple directories

How to Create a New Directory

You can verify that the directory was created by listing the contents using the ls command.

To create a new directory in another location, you’ll need to provide the parent directory’s absolute or relative file path. For example, to create a new directory in the /tmp directory you would type.

If you try to create a directory in a parent directory where the user does not have sufficient permissions, you will receive Permission denied error

you want to create a directory /home/linuxize/Music/Rock/Gothic.

If any of the parent directories don’t exist, you will get an error as shown below:

When the -p option is used, the command creates the directory only if it doesn’t exist.

we’re creating a new directory with 700 permissions, which means that only the user who created the directory will be able to access it

The mkdir command also allows you to create a complex directory tree with one command

Create a folder from command line

To create a folder named ‘newfolder‘ the command

create multiple directories hierarchy(creating folder and sub folders with a single command) using mkdir command.

You need to have permission to create a folder for the command to work. Not having permission to create a folder would throw up an ‘access denied’ error.

If there exists a file or folder with the same name, the command throws up error.

If the name needs to have space within, you should enclose it in double-quotes.
For example, to create a folder with the name ‘My data’, the command would be