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.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.50.1.
.TH MKDIR "1" "February 2026" "GNU coreutils 9.10" "User Commands"
.SH NAME
mkdir \- make directories
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B mkdir
[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... \fI\,DIRECTORY\/\fR...
.SH DESCRIPTION
.\" Add any additional description here
.PP
Create the DIRECTORY(ies), if they do not already exist.
.PP
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mkdir-m'\fB\-m, \-\-mode=\,MODE\fP\X'tty: link'\/\fR
set file mode (as in chmod), not a=rwx \- umask
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mkdir-p'\fB\-p, \-\-parents\fP\X'tty: link'
no error if existing, make parent directories as needed,
with their file modes unaffected by any \fB\-m\fR option
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mkdir-v'\fB\-v, \-\-verbose\fP\X'tty: link'
print a message for each created directory
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mkdir-Z'\fB\-Z\fP\X'tty: link'
set SELinux security context of each created directory
to the default type
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/manual/coreutils.html#mkdir--context'\fB\-\-context[=CTX]\fP\X'tty: link'
like \fB\-Z\fR, or if CTX is specified then set the
SELinux or SMACK security context to CTX
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir#mkdir--help'\fB\-\-help\fP\X'tty: link'
display this help and exit
.TP
\X'tty: link https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir#mkdir--version'\fB\-\-version\fP\X'tty: link'
output version information and exit
.SH AUTHOR
Written by David MacKenzie.
.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
Report bugs to: bug\-coreutils@gnu.org
.br
GNU coreutils home page: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
.br
General help using GNU software: <https://www.gnu.org/gethelp/>
.br
Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2026 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
.br
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBmkdir\fP(2)
.PP
.br
Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mkdir>
.br
or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) mkdir invocation\(aq
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