How Do I Create a Directory and Subdirectory in Unix?
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How do I create a directory and subfolder in Unix?

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). The -p flag tells the mkdir command to create the main directory first if it doesn’t already exist (htg, in our case).

How do I create a directory and subdirectories in one step?

To create a directory in MS-DOS or the Windows command line (cmd), use the md or mkdir MS-DOS command. For example, below we are creating a new directory called “hope” in the current directory. You can also create multiple new directories in the current directory with the md command.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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