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# 1  
Old 09-11-2006
how to create new dir fro a file list
Hi,

What will be the best way to do the follwing:
i have a file calld dir.list
/cav
/cav/brif
/usr/main
/cat

i want to run a script that will take each of the item in the file and create a new dir in a location that i'll choose

it nee to do mkdir cav
mkdir cav
cd cav
mkdir brif
......

thanks
# 2  
Old 09-11-2006
I guess you need something like this:

Code:
for directory in `cat directories.txt`
do
    mkdir directory;
done

# 3  
Old 09-11-2006
Try:
Code:
#! /bin/ksh

curdir=`pwd`

while read path; do
if [[ ! -d $curdir$path ]]; then
mkdir -p $curdir$path
fi
done < dirlist

Note: Above code is as per your given sample which has a "/" at the begining of each line.

Regards,
Tayyab
# 4  
Old 09-12-2006
Well what i need is multiple creat for dir
i need to create the all path

/cav/usr/mmm/t

i need to create /cav
after that create the /cav/usr
and then /cav/usr/mmm

how can i do that from a script that will read the dir to creates from a file that will look like that:
/cav/usr
/benny/ddd/t
/usr/clear
/cacac/hhttt/to
.....


Thanks a Mil
# 5  
Old 09-12-2006
Have you tried to use shereenmotor's script? Does it do what you want? If it does not, then can you explain where it is failing?
# 6  
Old 09-12-2006
something like this, maybe?

awk '{print "mkdir "$1}' file | sh
# 7  
Old 09-12-2006
A solution that doesn't need the combined horsepower of awk and a new shell is probably more efficient.
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