Add mkcd function to default bashrc.

[HT-7]

Seeing that there is some stuff in ~/.bashrc "out of the box", I think this needs to be part of the out-of-box experience as well:

mkcd() { 
	for dir in "$@"; do
		if [ -f "$dir" ];then echo "mkcd: Couldn't create "$dir": file exists."; return 1; fi;
		if [ ! -d "$dir" ];then mkdir -p "$dir" ;fi; 
	done
	cd "$1";
}

(updated 2026-02-03)

Sure, people who need something like mkcd can find it on the Internet, but those often less elaborate and lower quality versions than this one that lack the existing file and existing folder checks.

So I suggest providing every Linux Mint user with a uniform high quality version of this function.

[HT-7]

Updated revision

This revision will enter the first directory but makes others if multiple arguments are specified.

mkcd() { 
	for dir in "$@"; do
		if [ -f "$dir" ];then echo "mkcd: Couldn't create "$dir": file exists."; return 1; fi;
		if [ ! -d "$dir" ];then mkdir -p "$dir" ;fi; 
	done
	cd "$1";
}