Create multiple directories at once in terminal

Here are different strategies for creating multiple directories/folders or subdirectories at once in a linux terminal.

Using mkdir positional arguments

mkdir can be supplied multiple positional arguments.

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mkdir dir1 dir2

Using bash brace expansion + mkdir

mkdir can be supplied multiple positional arguments using bash’s brace expansion.

Creating directories

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mkdir {dir1,dir2}

Creating subdirectories

-p flag is used to create the parent directory if it does not already exist.

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mkdir -p dir/{dir1,dir2}

Creating directories with bash sequences

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mkdir dir{1..5}