mkdir -p

Create nested directories in one command

mkdir -p creates the full path including any missing parent directories. mkdir -p /tmp/app/config/env creates all four levels at once. Always use -p in scripts to avoid errors on re-runs.

Example

$ mkdir -p /tmp/app/config
$ tree /tmp/app
/tmp/app
└── config

Tip: Type it yourself in the terminal below - reading is not the same as doing.