02-06-2011
No need to
mkdir -p /foo if you already
mkdir -p /foo/dir1 as the -p option creates parents.
bash code:
#!/bin/bash
for d1 in boo doo foo; do
for d2 in dir1 dir2; do
mkdir -p /$d1/$d2
touch /$d1/$d2/file1
done
touch /$d1/${d1}_file
done
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