Re: mkdir owner:group option

[Jim Meyering]

Mike Frysinger wrote:
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> mkudir() { (u=$1; g=$2; shift 2; install -d -o"$u" -g"$g" "$@"); }

Good idea.
I prefer to use "local", and thus to avoid forking a subshell.
Also, you can drop the semicolon between the assignments:

mkudir() { local u=$1 g=$2; shift 2; install -d -o"$u" -g"$g" "$@"; }