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February 22, 2007 Charles Collier Linux, Tips and tricks, sysadmin, 0

If you want to quick, don’t forget to use the ‘-p’ option

wrong way:
[john@host john]$ mkdir dev
[john@host john]$ cd dev
[john@host dev]$ mkdir first
[john@host dev]$ cd first
[john@host first]$ mkdir alpha
[john@host dev]$ mkdir second
[john@host dev]$ ll
[john@host dev]$ cd ..
[john@host john]$ mkdir prod
[john@host john]$ cd prod
[john@host prod]$ mkdir first
[john@host prod]$ mkdir second

good way:
[john@host john]$ mkdir -p dev/first/alpha

best way:
[john@host john]$ mkdir -p dev/{first/alpha,second},prod/{first,second}

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