mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY...

The mkdir command creates directories. The user must have write permission in the parent directory.

• Create a directory:
  

  $ mkdir folder
  

• Create multiple directories:
  

  $ mkdir folder1 folder2 folder3
  

• Create nested directories with the -p option (creates parent directories as needed):
  

  $ mkdir -p folder/folder1/folder11
  

• Create a directory with specific permissions using -m:
  

  $ mkdir -m 755 folder
  

• Create directories with verbose output using -v:
  

  $ mkdir -v folder1 folder2
  

• Combine options to create nested directories with specific permissions and verbose output:
  

  $ mkdir -pv -m 750 folder/folder1
  

The following options can be used:

-m, --mode=MODE
    Set file mode (permissions) for the created directories.
    The MODE argument can be in any of the formats specified by the chmod command.
    If a symbolic mode is specified, the operation characters "+" and "-" are
    interpreted relative to an initial mode of "a=rwx".

-p, --parents
    Create intermediate directories as required.
    If this option is not specified, the full path prefix of each operand must
    already exist. With this option specified, no error will be reported if a
    directory given as an operand already exists.
    Intermediate directories are created with permission bits of rwxrwxrwx (0777)
    as modified by the current umask, plus write and search permission for the owner.

-v, --verbose
    Print a message for each created directory.

-Z
    Set SELinux security context of each created directory to the default type.

--context[=CTX]
    Like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context
    to CTX.

--help
    Display help information and exit.

--version
    Output version information and exit.