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Create a directory recursively

Published in: Bash 

Given the legal path of a nonexistent directory, create that path and directory.

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  1. mkdir -p /Users/Shared/Desktop/homer/marge/bart/lisa/maggie/snowball2
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  3. #or, in a .bash_profile
  4. alias mkdir="mkdir -p "

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