Create directory & set permission using a single Linux command

Generaly, we create directory using “mkdir” command and then change it’s permissions using “chmod” command.

Create directory & set permission using a single Linux command

Actually, we can set the permissions for the directory at the time of it’s creation itself, with the following command:

$ mkdir zyz -v -m 644
mkdir: created directory `zyz'

where,

-m flag defines the permission to be set
-v stands for verbose mode

$ ls -l | grep zyz
drw-r--r--  2 root root  4096 2009-12-30 14:26 zyz

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