Create directory only if it is not already exist
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8/1/2019, 11:41:52 AM
Often we use to create a folder in a directory which contains lot of sub directories. When we try to create a directory, we will get the below error message if that directory is already present.
mkdir: Failed to make directory “test”; File exists
I want to know how to hide the above error message and to create folder only if its not already exist. If its already exist then it should ignore that folder.
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8/1/2019, 11:43:16 AM
Use -p option with mkdir command. This will omit if that directory is already present.
mkdir -p dir
It will not threw error message even that directory is already present. It will ignore that directory.
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