If I wanted to created a directory tree say /first/second/third this is how I used to do it, till now.
$ cd /
$ mkdir first
$ cd first
$ mkdir second
$ cd second
$ mkdir third
$ cd third
Today I learnt that you could do this in a single swipe using the -p option!
mkdir -p first/second/third
And its not just restricted to simple hierarchies, you could even create a complex tree structure like this
$ mkdir -p project/{lib/ext,bin,src,doc/{html,info,pdf},demo/stat/a}
You can find 9 more such interesting tips on the IBM post titled “Learn 10 good UNIX usage habits“
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thanks it was helpful 🙂 xx
Hey Venu,
This is awesome man!! Thanks a tonne. It really solved a biigg issue for me today!
Thanks again!