#!/bin/sh declare -a folders=(fitResults fitResults/angReso fitResults/angular fitResults/bkgFit fitResults/GenLvlFit fitResults/MainFit fitResults/MassFit fitResults/MCfit fitResults/Scans fitResults/ToysFit LaTeXfiles plots plots/angReso plots/angular plots/bkgFit plots/GenLvlFit plots/MainFit plots/MassFit plots/MCfit plots/MCfit/Signal plots/Scans plots/Toys log Toys) #generate all folders in the array if they are not existing: for folder in "${folders[@]}"; do if [ -d $folder ]; then echo "Folder '$folder' is already existing" else echo "Creating new folder: '$folder'" mkdir $folder fi done