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		johnchristopher on June 30, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Can I see your cheatsheet? > mkdir if not exists `[ -d "${DIR}" ] \|\| (mkdir -p "${DIR}")` No need to check when using "-p".

sandreas on June 30, 2022 [–]

You are absolutely right :-) I think, that this is a relict, since I personally use an alias for mkdir:

  alias mkdir='mkdir -p'

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