How to Create Multiple Subdirectories with One Linux Command

If you want to create a directory containing several subdirectories, or a directory tree, using the command line in Linux, generally you have to use the mkdir command several times. However, there is a faster way to do this. Let's say we've created a directory called htg, and want to create four subdirectories within it. In a normal situation, we'd use the mkdir command to create the htg directory. Then, we'd need the cd command to change to the new htg directory and, finally, we we'd use the mkdir command again four times to create the four subdirectories. This can all be combined into one command, and we'll show you how. To create a new directory with multiple subdirectories you only need to type the following command at the prompt and press Enter (obviously, change the directory names to what you want). mkdir -p htg/{articles,images,note,done} The -p flag tells the mkdir command to create the main directory first if it doesn't already exist (htg, in our case). The words in the brackets are part of the "brace expansion list". Each of the items in the brace expansion list is appended separately to the preceding path (htg/). Advertisement For example, the above command is expanded into htg/articles,… Read full this story

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