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Old 09-19-2012
[SOLVED] creating file and it directory
hello,

is there any command that i can use to create a file and also it directory (if not exist)?

example: <command> /home/admin/testdir/test1.txt
desc: this will create test1.txt under testdir directory. but if testdir is not exist it will be created automatically.

thank you...
Last edited by makan; 09-19-2012 at 04:09 AM..
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Old 09-19-2012
Try something like this..

Code:
[ ! -d test_2 ] && mkdir test_2 || touch test_2/test.txt

Last edited by pamu; 09-19-2012 at 05:59 AM..
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Old 09-19-2012
Quote:
Originally Posted by pamu
Try something like this..

Code:
[ ! -d test_2 ] && mkdir test_2 && touch test_2/test.txt

thank you for your help Smilie
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Old 09-19-2012
You could try:
Code:
mkdir -p /home/admin/testdir; touch /home/admin/testdir/test1.txt

The p option will create the directory if it doesn't exist.
 
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