Mkdir

mkdir (make directory) can be used to create a new directory.

[edit] 1 Examples

[edit] 2 Making one or multiple directories

Create one directory:

mkdir dirname

Create multiple directories:

mkdir dirname1 dirname2 dirname3

Create a directory inside an existing directory:

mkdir basedir/dirname1

[edit] 3 Making directories inside directories

If you want to create a folder inside of a folder that doesn't already exist yet:

mkdir -p newdir/dir1

And both newdir and dir1 will be created. You can go as deep as you like. The -p option will create the whole path if any of it does not exist.