Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 07:44:56 -0400 From: Jerry <freebsd.user@seibercom.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Creating multiple directories simultaneously Message-ID: <20100326074456.7139c3da@scorpio.seibercom.net> In-Reply-To: <20100326113258.GA9957@catflap.slightlystrange.org> References: <20100326071248.4ec4ea5e@scorpio.seibercom.net> <20100326113258.GA9957@catflap.slightlystrange.org>
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On Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:32:58 +0000, Daniel Bye
<freebsd-questions@slightlystrange.org> articulated:
> On Fri, Mar 26, 2010 at 07:12:48AM -0400, Jerry wrote:
> > I could have sworn that I saw a method of creating several
> > directories, actually a parent direct and several sub-directories
> > simultaneously; however, I cannot fine the documentation any longer.
> >
> > Assume I want to create a directory: FOO with three directories
> > under it, foo-1, foo-2 and foo-3. I tried: mkdir -p foo {foo-1,
> > foo-2, foo-3}
>
> Almost.
>
> $ mkdir -p FOO/{foo-1,foo-2,foo-3}
Thank you; that is exactly what I was looking for. I knew I had seen it
somewhere before.
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Jerry
FreeBSD.user@seibercom.net
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