MKNOD(1) General Commands Manual MKNOD(1) (NAME) uu-mknod - NAME TYPE (SYNOPSIS) mknod [OPTION]... NAME TYPE [MAJOR MINOR] (DESCRIPTION) NAME TYPE . (OPTIONS) -m, --mode MODE a=rw - umask -Z SELinux --context[=] -Z CTX SELinux SMACK CTX -h, --help -V, --version (b c u p) [major] (major) [minor] (minor) (EXTRA) . -m, --mode=MODE MODE a=rw - umask MAJOR MINOR TYPE b c u TYPE p . MAJOR MINOR 0x 0X 0 (octal) . TYPE : - b (block) - c, u (character) - p FIFO ( ) : mknod . . (VERSION) v(uutils coreutils) 0.11.0 2026-09-01 MKNOD(1)