Only mkdir if it does not exist

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In my bash script I do   mkdir product    When I run the script more than once I get   mkdir  product  File exists   In the console   So I am looking to only run mkdir if the dir doesn t exist   Is this possible

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if     -d directory    then   mkdir directory fi   or   mkdir -p directory   -p ensures creation if directory does not exist

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Use mkdir s -p option  but note that it has another effect as well    -p      Create intermediate directories as required   If this option is not specified  the full path prefix of each oper-          and must already exist   On the other hand  with this option specified  no error will be reported if a directory          given as an operand already exists   Intermediate directories are created with permission bits of rwxrwxrwx           0777  as modified by the current umask  plus write and search permission for the owner

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Try using this -  mkdir -p dir    NOTE - This will also create any intermediate directories that don t exist  for instance   Check out mkdir -p  or try this -  if      -e  dir     then     mkdir  dir elif      -d  dir     then     echo   Message  1 gt  amp 2 fi

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Do a test     -d dir       mkdir dir   Or use -p option   mkdir -p dir

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mkdir -p     -p  --parents                 no error if existing  make parent directories as needed

[bash] Only mkdir if it does not exist

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