mknod(1)

✨ NAME ✨

mknod — create the special file NAME of the given TYPE 💅

(it's a General Commands Manual girlie, section 1, we stay iconic)

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

mknod [-m|--mode] [-Z ] [--context] [-h|--help] [-V|--version] <NAME> <TYPE> [major] [minor]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

okay so bestie, literally all this does: create the special file NAME of the given TYPE. that's the whole vibe. you tell it a name, you tell it a type, and boom, special file exists ✨

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -m, --mode <MODE> — sets the file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask 👑
• -Z — sets the SELinux security context of each created directory to the default type 🔥
• --context[=<CTX>] — acts like -Z, or, if CTX is specified, sets the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX 💜
• -h, --help — print help 🙈
• -V, --version — print version 🫶
• <NAME> — name of the new file 🎀
• <TYPE> — type of the new file (b, c, u or p) 🌈
• [major] — major file type ⭐
• [minor] — minor file type ⭐

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💖 EXTRA 💖

mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too, no exceptions bestie 😭

• -m, --mode=MODE — set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw - umask 💅

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Both MAJOR and MINOR must be specified when TYPE is b, c, or u, and they must be omitted when TYPE is p. that part is non-negotiable fr fr.

if MAJOR or MINOR begins with 0x or 0X, it is interpreted as hexadecimal; otherwise, if it begins with 0, as octal; otherwise, as decimal. the way numbers have lore 🧚

TYPE may be:

• b — create a block (buffered) special file 🍓
• c, u — create a character (unbuffered) special file 💖
• p — create a FIFO 🌸

NOTE: your shell may have its own version of mknod, which usually supersedes the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation for details about the options it supports. ⚠️ not me warning you that your shell might be doing its own thing 💀

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👑 VERSION 👑

v(uutils coreutils) 0.7.0

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k that's the whole page bestie, you ate that 🫶 this was mknod from uutils coreutils, version 0.7.0, sitting pretty in the mknod(1) section of the General Commands Manual — slay, go make some special files 💖✨🎀🦋🌸💅