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Old 05-07-2010
Directory Help

I am new to UNIX, and am designing a hierarchical Tree
I am using mkdir -p "filename" to create the main file, what do I use to create the subfolders and make a .txt document in the subfolders. Then after that is done i need to do it over again. How should this look. Am I doing it right?
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Dave
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Old 05-08-2010
This sounds like homework. If so, you should following the directions and use the homework forum.

mkdir will create directories, not files in which you can add content. The "-p" option allows you to create a target directory and all required parent directories. For example, say I start with an empty directory called /dir1. If I wanted to create /dir1/dir2/dir3, I could type "mkdir -p /dir1/dir2/dir3" and both dir2 and dir3 would be created. To create an emplty text file, type "touch /dir1/dir2/dir3/textFile.txt" then you can add content to the file. You can also create a text file with any text editor or by redirecting any other text into the file.
 
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