Pour créer le répertoire toto avec tous les répertoires parents :
mkdir -p /home/repertoire/toto
Pour créer une arborescence :
mkdir -pv dir{1,2,3}/subdir{1,2,3} mkdir: created directory `dir1/subdir1' mkdir: created directory `dir1/subdir2' mkdir: created directory `dir1/subdir3' mkdir: created directory `dir2/subdir1' mkdir: created directory `dir2/subdir2' mkdir: created directory `dir2/subdir3' mkdir: created directory `dir3/subdir1' mkdir: created directory `dir3/subdir2' mkdir: created directory `dir3/subdir3'
Pour supprimer une arborescence (les répertoires doivent être vides):
rmdir -v dir{1,2,3}/subdir{1,2,3} rmdir: removing directory, dir1/subdir1 rmdir: removing directory, dir1/subdir2 rmdir: removing directory, dir1/subdir3 rmdir: removing directory, dir2/subdir1 rmdir: removing directory, dir2/subdir2 rmdir: removing directory, dir2/subdir3 rmdir: removing directory, dir3/subdir1 rmdir: removing directory, dir3/subdir2 rmdir: removing directory, dir3/subdir3