MKDIR

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: February 2026
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NAME

mkdir - make directories  

SYNOPSIS

mkdir [,OPTION/]... ,DIRECTORY/...  

DESCRIPTION

Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.

Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.

X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mkdi-m'-m, --mode=,MODEX'tty: link'/

set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx - umask

X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mkdi-p'-p, --parentsX'tty: link'

no error if existing, make parent directories as needed, with their file modes unaffected by any -m option

X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mkdi-v'-v, --verboseX'tty: link'

print a message for each created directory

X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mkdi-Z'-ZX'tty: link'

set SELinux security context of each created directory to the default type

X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mkdi-context'--context[=CTX]X'tty: link'

like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX

X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir#mkdi-help'--helpX'tty: link'

display this help and exit

X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir#mkdi-version'--versionX'tty: link'

output version information and exit

 

AUTHOR

Written by David MacKenzie.  

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to: bug-coreutils@gnu.org

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SEE ALSO

mkdir(2)

Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir>
or available locally via: info aq(coreutils) mkdir invocationaq

Packaged by Gentoo (9.10 (p0))
Copyright © 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

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