by Oliver; 2014
5. mkdir, rmdir
To
make directory—i.e., create a new folder—we use:
$ mkdir mynewfolder
To make nested directories (and don't complain if trying to make a directory that already exists), use the
-p flag:
$ mkdir -p a/b/c # make nested directories
You can
remove directory using:
$ rmdir mynewfolder # don't use this
However, since the directory must be empty to use this command, it's not convenient.
Instead, use:
$ rm -r mynewfolder # use this
Since
rm has all the functionality you need, I know few people who actually use
rmdir.
About the only occasion to use it is if you want to be careful you're not deleting a directory with stuff in it.
(Perhaps
rmdir isn't one of the 100 most useful commands, after all.)
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