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Creating nested directories
I want to write a bash script that will get a command line argument and create nested directories under the user home directory.
E.g a/b/c
mkdir -p $1/$2/$3
But I want create not just three levels ...
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Create a folder for each file in a folder without the folder itself
| folderA1 | fileA11, fileA12, ...
folderA | folderA2 | fileA21, fileA22...
| ... | ...
I want to make a copy of it represented as:
| folderA1 | folderA11, folderA12, ...
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Fedora terminal script to create a directory and copy a file to directory
I need help to write a script to create a directory, so far I have mkdir ./directory.
This would create a folder called Directory, but I need to make it ask if the user wants to copy a file called ...
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Create file in subdirectories that doesn't exist (../new_folder/new_folder/new_file.ext)
For now i use this:
mkdir -p a/b/c/d/e;
touch a/b/c/d/e/file.abc;
Is there more efficient ways?
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Create multiple directories with -p option
Why does this command
sudo mkdir -p \
/opt/nginx/conf.d \
/opt/gitlab/config
throw the error /opt/gitlab/config: File or directory not found. I'm expecting to create it. Also I used the -p flag.
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mkdir with seq command problem
I need to make 5 directories (name1, name2, name3, name4, name5) by command line using mkdir and seq.
If I use:
mkdir name{`seq -s , 1 5`}
It results in one directory: name{1,2,3,4,5}
What ...
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How to create a file and parent directories in one command? [duplicate]
Is there a flag/option for touch, mkdir, >, or some other command that will allow me to create a file and any non-existent parent directories at the same time?
For instance, let's say I'm in an ...
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Make parent directories while creating a new file
I am aware of the fact that mkdir -p /path/to/new/directory will create a new directory, along with parent directory (if needed ).
If I have to create a new file, along with it's parent directories (...
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Make many subdirectories at once
Suppose I have a directory /, and it contains many directories /mydir, /hisdir, /herdir, and each of those need to have a similar structure.
For each directory in /, there needs to be a directory doc ...
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