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Submitted by byo71 on Wed, 2005-11-16 04:56. Communications | Debian Support

Use mkdir -p to create a directory hierarchy all at once.
For example:
mkdir -p a/b/c/d makes directory d in directory c in directory b in directory a.

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tip of the day

Submitted by byo71 on Tue, 2006-08-01 18:45.

If you use less as your pager, you can quickly shift from viewing the file to monitoring additions to the file by pressing Shift-F. less changes to watch the end of the file and shows you text as it's appended. Also, try the -N option to display line numbers.

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