Bash mkdir and subfolders [duplicate]
This question already has an answer here: How to create nonexistent subdirectories recursively using Bash? 3 answers Why I can't do something like this? mkdir folder/subfolder/ in order to achive this I have to do: mkdir folder cd folder mkdir subfolder Is there a better way to do it? You can: mkdir -p folder/subfolder The -p flag causes any parent directories to be created if necessary. To create multiple sub-folders mkdir -p parentfolder/{subfolder1,subfolder2,subfolder3} FWIW, Poor mans security folder (to protect a public shared folder from little prying eyes ;) ) mkdir -p {0..9}/{0..9}/{0