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How To Create New Directory / Folder In Linux

Introduction to make new directory In this post we will learn, how to create new directory in a Linux system. To create a new directory in a Linux system we will use the command called mkdir.

To create a directory in Linux

Use the below given command to create single directory in current path Syntax:

mkdir dir-name

To create multiple directory in Linux

Use the below given command to create multiple directories in current path. Syntax:

mkdir dir-name1 dir-name2 dir-name4 dir-nameN

Create a directory inside existing/non existing parent directory

In case you want to create a directory inside other directory, we will use -p option with mkdir command. Even if the parent directory does not exist, we use -p option with mkdir command to create a new directory tree. Syntax:

mkdir -p dir1/dir2/dir3/MORE-dir 

Example In this case, we have already have a existing directory called DIR1 and we will create new directory inside DIR1 named test1 and test2 . Here , the directory tree structure will look like this DIR1/test1/test2 We will use the command

mkdir -p DIR1/test1/test2

Assigning permission while creating new directory

We can assign permission while creating a new directory. For this we will use -m option with mkdir command Syntax:

mkdir -m PERMISSION-SET directory-name

Example : We will create a directory called orange with permission 400 (Read to Owner only)

test@localhost:~$ mkdir -m 400 orange
test@localhost:~$ ls -ld orange/
dr-------- 2 test test 4096 Mar 14 18:00 orange/
test@localhost:~$

Tags: Linux, Folder, mkdir, New Directory

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