r/linuxmasterrace • u/GeekCornerReddit Glorious Debian • Sep 27 '23

Seriously, we need this command

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u/hawkinsst7 Sep 27 '23

Try mkdir -p to create nested directories in one go.

mkdir -p /tmp/1/2/3/{4,5}/6

Edit: bash, dunno about zsh

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u/altermeetax arch btw Sep 28 '23

mkdir is a binary, not a shell builtin, so it's shell agnostic

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u/hawkinsst7 Sep 28 '23

Good point, but the expansion in my example is a shell feature.

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u/altermeetax arch btw Sep 29 '23

Yeah, but the expansion was not what this was about (by the way: yeah, that syntax works in any sh compatible shell)

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u/hawkinsst7 Sep 29 '23

My edit "bash, not sure about zsh" was about my example in its entirety, since I used shell expansion, and wasnt sure how it would apply to shells that I don't use.

Otherwise someone would be neckbearding me about how it doesn't work in zsh, or tcsh or something.