The mkdir command can create not just a directory but also a complex directory structure if you ask in the right way.

A few clever Linux commands can make it a lot easier to create, view and remove complex directory structures.

Also: The first 5 Linux commands every new user should learn During your lifetime with Linux, you may use 1% of those commands. For file and folder management, that number dwindles.

Rather than create a folder with one command, and then switch to it with another command, the One Thing Well weblog suggests making an alias that automates the process with a single command.

If you're new to Linux administration, Jack Wallen shows you a skill you'll definitely need to have--creating directories from the command line interface.

In Terminal, you use the command mkdir to create new directories (folders). For instance, mkdir “My Folder” will create a folder named My Folder in the current directory.

The adduser command also automatically creates a home directory for the new user (unlike the useradd command which requires the -m option to create the home directory).

Ubuntu 8.10, the release of the popular Linux distribution due out Oct. 30 (and code-named Intrepid Ibex), will give every user an encrypted private directory by default, one that mounts with you ...