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3 Answers
Michael Kobela
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 19,570 PointsWhen you use the mkdir command, you can make a subfolder only one level deep. But with the -p option it lets you make a folder several levels deep. For instance, if you wanted to make the folders sub1/sub2, with the -p you could do:
mkdir -p sub1/sub2
otherwise without the -p you would have to do, mkdir sub1, then cd sub1, then mkdir sub2
Lisa Walters
Front End Web Development Techdegree Graduate 15,255 PointsHello! You find out in a later video that -p literally stands for "parent", which allows you to make a directory comprised of many subfolders.
Evan Welch
1,815 PointsThank you!