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I have a text file named checklog.txt. I want to create directories from that names in the text file line by line.

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cat checklog.txt | xargs -L 1 mkdir

Worked for me.

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    No need to using cat command, "xargs -L 1 mkdir < checklog.txt" can be use instead
    – αғsнιη
    Apr 26, 2016 at 8:51
  • If you directory names contain spaces, enclose them in quotes
    – ruslaniv
    Sep 25, 2021 at 14:39

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