How to create a directory and give permission in single command

Question

How to create a directory and give permission in single command in Linux?

I have to create lots of folder with full permission 777.

Commands

Answer 1

Don't do: mkdir -m 777 -p a/b/c since that will only set permission 777 on the last directory, c; a and b will be created with the default permission from your umask.

Instead to create any new directories with permission 777, run mkdir -p in a subshell where you override the umask:

(umask u=rwx,g=rwx,o=rwx && mkdir -p a/b/c)

Note that this won't change the permissions if any of a, b and c already exist though.

Answer 2

you can use following command to create directory and give permissions at the same time

mkdir -m777 path/foldername