Create mulitple subdirectories using mkdir

Often times I am in need of creating a base directory which contains one or more sub directories. Of course, one could run the mkdir command for each and every directory you whish to create. Or you could use one command and have mkdir create all directories, including the base directory.

Let’s say I would like to create the following file structure:

.
+-- domain.com/
|   +-- public_html/
|   +-- backups/
|   +-- log/

To create these three subdirectories, as well as the base directory domain.com, all I have to do is:

mkdir -p domain.com/{public_html,backups,log}

Sending in the -p flag makes sure that the parent directory domain.com is also being creating.

To take this one step further, you can also create subdirectories within your subdirectory with just one command as well. Let’s add two more folders:

.
+-- domain.com/
|   +-- public_html/
|       +-- wordpress/
|       +-- board
|   +-- backups/
|   +-- log/

All you have to do is to add the two folder, wrapped in curly braces to your command:

mkdir -p domain.com/{public_html/{wordpress,board},backups,log}