Creating and removing directories

We can create directories by using another popular command. The mkdir command can be used to create a directory. Let's do a listing, using the ls command, as follows:

[philip@localhost ~]$ ls
Desktop Documents Downloads Music Pictures Public Templates Videos
[philip@localhost ~]$

Now, let's create our own directory inside of /home/philip:

[philip@localhost ~]$ mkdir NewTest
[philip@localhost ~]$ ll
total 36
drwxr-xr-x. 2 philip philip 4096 Jul 31 14:59 Desktop
drwxr-xr-x. 2 philip philip 4096 Jul 31 14:59 Documents
drwxr-xr-x. 2 philip philip 4096 Jul 31 14:59 Downloads
drwxr-xr-x. 2 philip philip 4096 Jul 31 14:59 Music
drwxr-xr-x. 2 philip philip 4096 Jul 31 14:59 Pictures
drwxr-xr-x. 2 philip philip 4096 Jul 31 14:59 Public
drwxr-xr-x. 2 philip philip 4096 Jul 31 14:59 Templates
drwxrwxr-x. 2 philip philip 4096 Aug  6 12:04 NewTest
drwxr-xr-x...