mknod

Create block or character device special files. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mknod>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/mknod.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install coreutils
Ubuntu
apt-get install coreutils
Alpine
apk add coreutils
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S coreutils
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install coreutils
CentOS
yum install coreutils
Fedora
dnf install coreutils
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install coreutils
OS X
brew install coreutils
Raspbian
apt-get install coreutils
Docker
docker run cmd.cat/mknod mknod powered by Commando

Create block or character device special files. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mknod>.

  • Create a block device:
    sudo mknod path/to/device_file b major_device_number minor_device_number
  • Create a character device:
    sudo mknod path/to/device_file c major_device_number minor_device_number
  • Create a FIFO (queue) device:
    sudo mknod path/to/device_file p
  • Create a device file with default SELinux security context:
    sudo mknod -Z path/to/device_file type major_device_number minor_device_number

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