MKDIR(1)

📦 version 0.12.0, in arch rolling

💖 MKDIR(1) — the create-a-directory glow-up 💖

okay so bestie, welcome to mkdir, from the General Commands Manual — yes that's the manual name, we're fancy now 💅 this is the little icon that makes folders appear out of thin air, and honestly? it ate.

✨ NAME ✨

mkdir — Create the given DIRECTORY(ies) if they do not exist 🎀

like, that's it. that's the whole job. she creates directories. she does not exist for anything else. main character energy fr fr.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

translation: options first (if you want them), then the directory names, and you can pile on as many of each as your little heart desires 💜

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

Create the given DIRECTORY(ies) if they do not exist ✨

no cap, that's the entire vibe. you point at a name, she makes the folder. if the folder's already chillin' there, she's not gonna make a whole thing of it. iconic behaviour, honestly 🫶

👑 OPTIONS 👑

  • -m, --mode — set file mode — and heads up bestie, this one is not implemented on windows 😭 so if you're on windows, don't come for her, she literally can't.
  • -p, --parents — make parent directories as needed 🌈 like, if you ask for a/b/c and none of them exist, she'll build the whole little family tree for you. so thoughtful.
  • -v, --verbose — print a message for each printed directory 👀 yes, "printed" directory, that's what it says, we don't make the rules, we just report them faithfully. she gets chatty, okay?
  • -Z — set SELinux security context of each created directory to the default type 🔥 security girlies rise.
  • --context <CTX> — like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX 💅 so it's -Z with extra steps — and you get to pick the CTX yourself. SMACK mention included, no notes.
  • -h, --help — Print help 🧚 when you're lost, she's got you.
  • -V, --version — Print version ⭐ gotta know what you're working with.
  • <dirs> — the directories themselves!! the whole point!! put your names here bestie 🍓

💀 EXTRA 💀

okay this is the part where the mode syntax shows up and it's giving cryptic but we're gonna read it together, don't panic 🙈

Each MODE is of the form:

[ugoa]*([-+=]([rwxXst]*|[ugo]))+|[-+=]?[0-7]+

that's a whole regex and she's beautiful. just copy it exactly if you need it, do not try to retype it from memory, i'm begging you 😭

🔥 VERSION 🔥

v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0 — that's our girl's version number, note it down 👑

ngl bestie, a tiny warning from me to you: -m doing nothing on windows is the one thing that'll have you staring at your terminal like 💀 so remember it, k?

and that's the page!! this was MKDIR(1) from the General Commands Manual, version v(uutils coreutils) 0.12.0, dated 2026-09-17 — mwah, love you, go make some folders 💖🎀🦋✨

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