Visual QuickStart Guide [Electronic resources] : Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger

Creating a New Directory with mkdir

You can also create new directories. You'll do this with the mkdir command.

Tip

You can learn more about the mkdir command and its options on its man pages. Type man mkdir and press to view the command's man pages.

To create a new directory

Type mkdir

directory-name … and press . For example, mkdir Project1 Project2 Project3 makes three new subdirectories in the current directory:

Project1, Project2 , and

Project3 (Figure 27 ).