A new directory can be created by simply using the
mkdir
command, and an empty directory can be deleted using the
rmdir command. Directories which
are not empty cannot be deleted as easily.
Say we want to create a subdirectory in our programs directory:
$ls -F d e f* $mkdir p $ls -F d e f* p/
... and then delete it again:
$rmdir p $ls -F d e f* $