Questions tagged [mkdir]
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Is there a one-liner that allows me to create a directory and move into it at the same time?
I find myself repeating a lot of:
mkdir longtitleproject
cd longtitleproject
Is there a way of doing it in one line without repeating the directory name? I'm on bash here.
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mkdir -p for files
mkdir -p will create a directory; it will also make parent directories as needed.
Does a similar command exist for files, that will create a file and parent directories as needed?
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recursive mkdir
Is there a linux command that I'm overlooking that makes it possible to do something along the lines of:
(pseudo)
$ mkdir -R foo/bar/zoo/andsoforth
Or is there no alternative but to make the ...
Dr.Dredel
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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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Combined `mkdir` and `cd`? [duplicate]
is there any way (what is the easiest way in bash) to combine the following:
mkdir foo
cd foo
The manpage for mkdir does not describe anything like that, maybe there is a fancy version of mkdir? I ...
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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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Command for creating a directory and navigating into it directly? [duplicate]
Quite often I need to perform this two commands:
mkdir abc
cd abc
I am curious whether there is a simple command (or an alias that I can create and use) to do it in one go, like
user@GROUP:~$ mdcd ...
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What is the fastest way to create a list of directories specified in a file?
I have a text file, "foo.txt", that specifies a directory in each line:
data/bar/foo
data/bar/foo/chum
data/bar/chum/foo
...
There could be millions of directories and subdirectories
What is the ...
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Unwanted question mark appended to directory name when using mkdir
I am unsure why when I use mkdir -p $fbase an unwanted ? is appended to the name of the directory (27obs87St01Rec1?) . I have followed similar threads and ran cat -A filename to see if there are ...
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Creating directory in bulk using mkdir in shell script
I am trying to create directory in bulk using mkdir through shell script
below is the script
#!bin/bash
mkdir /tmp/report*/testfolder*/testdoank
when i run it i got an error
-bash: ./makefolder.sh: ...
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touch/mkdir seems to ignore default ACL
I am pretty sure it is a stupid mistake but I can't seem to figure it out by myself, so please have a look.
I set up an ACL for the current folder like so:
zigbee2mqtt@nuc:/tmp/folder$ getfacl .
# ...
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mkdir -p dir with braces created wrongly
I executed the following code in Ubuntu server 16.04 xenial:
mkdir -p /root/backups/{db, dirs}
I recall that in another system, it worked like charm creating all 3 dirs:
/root/backups/
/root/...
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Bash can't run command from script: mkdir command not found [closed]
I have separate scripts for tasks in bash. Here is the broken one:
#!/bin/bash
PATH=/home/name/
mkdir $PATH
cd $PATH && echo "done."
exit 0
Today it broke and first time it simply didn't ...
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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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Creating multiple directories using a parameter in a shell script [duplicate]
I'm trying to make a bash script that would make a series of directories
and requesting a parameter of how many directories should be created.
$> ./createDir.sh 5
$> ls
ex_01
ex_02
ex_03
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