The mkdir command is used to create a new directory. The command can also be used to create multiple and nested directories too.

mkdir command Syntax:

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mkdir   Directory_Name

Example:

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mkdir   Directory1

use the ls command mentioned in 001-list-files-with-dot.md file and you will see the directory is created.

shall return

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Directory1

Let’s make multiple directories at once. To do so we will use the mkdir command with space after every directory name.

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mkdir   Dir1 Dir2 Dir3

shall return

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Dir1 Dir2 Dir3 

To create parent directories using the mkdir command and pass the -p option. By using this option you can create a nested directory.

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mkdir -p Dir_out/Dir_in/Last

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Dir_out

└── Dir_in

    └── Last

The rmdir command is used to remove a directory(it is like the delete folder option in windows) the directory deleted using the rmdir command can not be restored again. This command can not be used to remove

a directory with files and sub directory inside them, To do so we use the rm command

rmdir command Syntax:

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rmdir   Directory_Name

Example: let’s suppose we have created three directory by using mkdir Dir1 Dir2 Dir3 now we will remove the Dir1.

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rmdir   Dir1

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Dir2 Dir3 

To delete a directory having more directories and files inside them we use the rm command with -r option. Let’s have two directory Dir1 and Dir_out having Dir_in, inside

it. If we use the rmdir command To remove the Dir_out it will give you an error as Directory not empty. To delete it we use the rm command.

rm command Syntax:

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rm -r  directory_name

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rm -r  Dir_out

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Dir1