On occasion, like when working with ZendFramework, you may want to build a directory tree.
Did you know you can build a recursive directory tree?
Here’s how:
mkdir normaly works like this:
promt$> mkdir directory-name directory-name
To build a directory and another directory inside of it you can do the following:
promt$> mkdir -p parent-directory/child-directory
directory-name/
child-directory
You can even make a grandchild directory.
promt$> mkdir -p parent-directory/child-directory/grandchild-directory
directory-name/
child-directory/
grandchild-directory
Use the tree command to see the directory tree.
If you’re on a mac, you can install the tree command with brew.
promt$>brew install tree
Then try this:
promt$> tree parent*
parent-directory
└── child-directory
└── grandchild-directory