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Create a directory hierarchy on the fly

April 18, 2007 by admin  
Filed under General

The CodeJacked weblog brings to mind a simple, yet helpful command for creating a new directory, and also creating a hierarchy behind that directory. Using mkdir with the -p switch activated will allow you to create a series of directories. To see what I mean, enter the commands shown below and you will see a series of sub-directories created on your desktop. mkdir -p is a simple and useful command that often goes under utilized.term.png

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