The mkdir command can create not just a directory but also a complex directory structure if you ask in the right way. The mkdir command can do more than create a single directory.

If you're new to Linux administration, Jack Wallen shows you a skill you'll definitely need to have--creating directories from the command line interface.

Each group of directory names that appears in the command shown – like {1,2,3} and {docs,script} – will result in a series of subdirectories being created at that level.

Just to elaborate a bit, I was originally using this command: FOR /F %n IN (t2.txt) DO MKDIR %n and that code is expected to dump out on the first blank space in the line.

You can use the same technique in any bash function to pass all arguments—for instance, if you wanted to make an improved mkdir command. mkcd Improved [One Thing Well] ...

The mkdir command creates a directory anywhere you have permission to do so. The -p option tells mkdir to create any parent directories along the way that don't already exist. We call the symlink ...