Linux Basic Commands - Part III

mkdir (directory name) : Creating a directory

morty@c137:~$ mkdir newdir
morty@c137:~$ ls
bin      Documents  IdeaProjects  newdir    Public  Templates
Desktop  Downloads  Music         Pictures  snap    Videos

mkdir (directory name)/(directory name) : Creating sub directories

morty@c137:~$ mkdir newdir/subdir
morty@c137:~$ ls newdir
subdir

mkdir -p newdir2/subdir2 : Creating another directories and sub directories if they do not already exist

morty@c137:~$ mkdir newdir2/subdir2
mkdir: cannot create directory ‘newdir2/subdir2’: No such file or directory

In that time we can command

morty@c137:~$ mkdir -p newdir2/subdir2
morty@c137:~$ ls newdir2
subdir2

rmdir (directory name) : Removing directory, but only empty directory

rm -rf (directory name) : Removing directory, empty or not