Skip to content

mkdir

Create directories.

Synopsis

tofu mkdir <directories...> [flags]

Description

Create the specified directories if they do not already exist.

Flags

Flag Short Description Default
--parents -p Make parent directories as needed, no error if existing false
--mode -m Set file mode (octal) 0755
--verbose -v Print message for each created directory false

Examples

Create a directory:

tofu mkdir mydir

Create multiple directories:

tofu mkdir dir1 dir2 dir3

Create nested directories:

tofu mkdir -p path/to/nested/directory

Create with specific permissions:

tofu mkdir -m 0700 private_dir

Verbose output:

tofu mkdir -v newdir
# Output: mkdir: created directory 'newdir'