Questions tagged [mkdir]
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mkdir error: no such file or directory
on a linux machine running CENTOS v 7.8.2003 I am in a directory Neutrinos
I now do
mkdir /pionloop/
this works. I then go to into this new directory pionloop and do
mkdir /E_0.3
and this works as ...
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Why I cannot create a folder that does not exist (simple-mtpfs mounted filesystem)?
I am mounting my USB-connected phone using simple-mtpfs, and it is shown as fuse.simple-mtpfs when I do df.
I then switch to a folder on the external SDCARD of the phone, and try to create a folder ....
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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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sudo mkdir in bash script without password
I need to manually create a directory using the following command in a cronjob and not have to enter in a password:
sudo mkdir /fold1/
I have read that I should not edit /etc/sudoers directly.
What ...
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How to create directory and files inside the directory
I want to know how to place files using touch command inside an directory whether it is multiple or single file.help is appreciated
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Can't mount /system read-write
When I make install reaver in termux the following error occurs:
./install.sh -D -m 755 wash /usr/local/bin/wash
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/usr’: Read-only file system
make: *** [Makefile:140: ...
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How can I quickly create all folders named {Single|Multi}Lane_{Single|Dual}Carriageway_{USA|Europe}
In Bash or Zsh, what is the shortest way to create a folder for each possible combination of substrings? Is there maybe even a notation such as
mkdir {Single|Multi}Lane_{Single|Dual}Carriageway_{USA|...
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Regarding permissions on intermediate folders created using "mkdir -pm 764 a/b/c"
When I am using mkdir -pm 764 a/b/c
then only c got that 764 permission, while a and b have default permission. Why does it so? Why doesn't all directories get 764 permission?
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Find all directories NOT containing matched subdirectory and create them
I have the following directory structure:
/media/storage/sqlbackup/CUSTOMER1
/media/storage/sqlbackup/CUSTOMER2
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/media/storage/sqlbackup/CUSTOMER*
Each CUSTOMER* directory may contain ...
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Best way to chown on newly created directory via mkdir -p
Suppose I did a
mkdir -p a/b/c/d
and directories a,b (a/b) already exists. so it will only create c/d.
Now I want to only change the owner of directories c and d not a and b using chown.
chown -R ...
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Why does mkdir not work with wildcards? [duplicate]
nathan@gentoodesktop ~/Documents $ mkdir test
nathan@gentoodesktop ~/Documents $ mkdir te*/test
mkdir: cannot create directory 'te*/test': No such file or directory
nathan@gentoodesktop ~/Documents $ ...
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Creating directory in bulk using mkdir in shell script
I am trying to create directory in bulk using mkdir through shell script
below is the script
#!bin/bash
mkdir /tmp/report*/testfolder*/testdoank
when i run it i got an error
-bash: ./makefolder.sh: ...
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Create directory with timestamp of newest files
I am trying to create a directory based on the timestamp of the 2 newest files in a directory and then copy those 2 files in to the newly created directory. SO for example
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 ...
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Create the same subfolders in another folder
I have a directory foo with subdirectories. I wish to create the same subdirectories names in another directory without copying their content. How do I do this?
Is there a way to get ls output as a ...
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How to Move file using Script
I have been asked to design a script which when executed, moves the file types given in the arguments to the respective folder(creates the folder with file type if not there).
Like suppose I give ...
