Create and delete directories

Command: mkdir; rmdir; tree

Mkdir ---- make directory

Syntax: mkdir [-MP] [directory name]

If the mkdir directory is directly followed by no option, a subdirectory will be created at the upper level of the last directory. If the upper level does not exist, a series of directories cannot be created.

To create a series of directories, use mkdir-P [directory name]. Mkdir-V [directory name] indicates creating process visualization.

[[Email protected] ~] # Mkdir234

[[Email protected] ~] # Ls-D/root/234

/Root/234

[[Email protected] ~] # Mkdir/tmp/1/2/3

Mkdir: Unable to create directory "/tmp/1/2/3": No file or directory

[[Email protected] ~] # Man mkdir

[[Email protected] ~] # Mkdir-PV/tmp/1/2/3

Mkdir: the directory "/tmp/1" has been created"

Mkdir: the directory "/tmp/1/2" has been created"

Mkdir: the directory "/tmp/1/2/3" has been created"

Rmdir is used to delete empty directories. One or more directories can be followed by spaces.

Similar to mkdir, it has the-P option and can also cascade to delete a large number of directories. However, it is not easy to use when there are other directories or files in the cascading directory.

Tree can display the directory tree

[[Email protected] ~] # Rmdir/tmp/1/2/3

[[Email protected] ~] # Tree/tmp

/Tmp

── 1

│ ── 2 2

── Yum. Log

2 directories, 1 file

[[Email protected] ~] # Mkdir-P/tmp/1/2/3/4

[[Email protected] ~] # Tree/tmp

/Tmp

── 1

│ ── 2 2

│ ── 3

│ ── 4 4

── Yum. Log

4 directories, 1 file

[[Email protected] ~] # Rmdir/tmp/1

Rmdir: failed to delete "/tmp/1": the directory is not empty

[[Email protected] ~] # Rmdir/tmp/1/2/3/4

[[Email protected] ~] # Tree/tmp

/Tmp

── 1

│ ── 2 2

│ ── 3

── Yum. Log

3 directories, 1 file

[[Email protected] ~] # Rmdir-PV/tmp/1/2/3

Rmdir: deleting directory "/tmp/1/2/3"

Rmdir: deleting directory "/tmp/1/2"

Rmdir: deleting directory "/tmp/1"

Rmdir: deleting directory "/tmp"

Rmdir: failed to delete directory "/tmp": directory is not empty

[[Email protected] ~] # Cd/tmp

[[Email protected] TMP] # mkdir-P 1/2/3

[[Email protected] TMP] # rmdir-PV 1/2/3

Rmdir: deleting directory "1/2/3"

Rmdir: the directory "1/2" is being deleted"

Rmdir: deleting directory "1"

[[Email protected] TMP] # mkdir-P 1/22/1

[[Email protected] TMP] # mkdir-P 1/2/3

[[Email protected] TMP] # rmdir-PV 1/2/3

Rmdir: deleting directory "1/2/3"

Rmdir: the directory "1/2" is being deleted"

Rmdir: deleting directory "1"

Rmdir: failed to delete directory "1": directory is not empty

[[Email protected] TMP] # rmdir-P 1/22/1

[[Email protected] TMP] # tree/tmp

/Tmp

── Yum. Log

0 directories, 1 file

Create and delete directories