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NAME

mkdir - make directories

SYNOPSIS

mkdir [-p] [-m mode] [--parents] [--mode=mode] [--help] [--version] dir...

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents the GNU version of mkdir. mkdir creates a directory with each given name. By default, the mode of created directories is 0777 minus the bits set in the umask.

OPTIONS

-m, --mode mode

Set the mode of created directories to mode, which is symbolic as in chmod and uses the default mode as the point of departure.

-p, --parents

Ensure that each given directory exists. Create any missing parent directories for each argument. Parent directories default to the umask modified by `u+wx'. Do not consider an argument directory that already exists to be an error.

--help

Print a usage message on standard output and exit successfully.

--version

Print version information on standard output then exit successfully.

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