MKDIR(1) General Commands Manual MKDIR(1) NAME mkdir - Create the given DIRECTORY(ies) if they do not exist SYNOPSIS mkdir [OPTION]... DIRECTORY... DESCRIPTION Create the given DIRECTORY(ies) if they do not exist OPTIONS -m, --mode set file mode (not implemented on windows) -p, --parents make parent directories as needed -v, --verbose print a message for each printed directory -Z set SELinux security context of each created directory to the default type --context like -Z, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX -h, --help Print help -V, --version Print version EXTRA Each MODE is of the form [ugoa]*([-+=]([rwxXst]*|[ugo]))+|[-+=]?[0-7]+. VERSION v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0 2026-09-01 MKDIR(1)