PowerShell: create directory

By Xah Lee. Date: . Last updated: .

Create New Directory

Using mkdir

mkdir dirName

🟢 tip: mkdir is a builtin function, not a Cmdlet , not alias.

Using New-Item

New-Item dirName -ItemType directory

Hide mkdir Output

In a script, it is annoying that mkdir prints output. You can surrpress the output.

# sends output to NULL
mkdir dirName | out-null
# assignment also suppress output
$null = mkdir dirName