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Creating Subfolders

Context

I need to provide instructions in a project on which folders and subfolders need to exist before the code will run locally. The required folder is three levels deep, and I want a quick way to create the full directory tree.

Search terms

mkdir subfolders

Helpful link

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9242163/bash-mkdir-and-subfolders

Outcome

I learned that the mkdir command in a bash terminal includes option “-p” to create all necessary parent folders for a full path in one command.

By Paul Shippy

Christian software engineer and homeschooling dad

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