Why isn't 'mkdir -p' default?

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mkdir: cannot create directory ‘/tmp/test/123’: No such file or directory It happened again - you forgot to create the damned parent directory first. Of course, mkdir can do it with the addition of a paltry -p flag. Now you commit a three-character change and re-run the failing CI job for the eighth time in a row. I've written quite a few shell scripts in my life. In every…

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