mkdir (create a new directory)

Creates a new directory.

 Format:    mkdir path Examples:  mkdir /home/janet/dir22 

Opt	What It Does	Examples
-p	Create parent directories if they don't exist	mkdir -p /home/janet/newdirs/dir23 (creates newdirs if it doesn't exist. creates dir23 in newdirs)
-m mode	Change permissions of new directory to mode	mkdir -m 777 dir24