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You know that mkdir can take multiple directories? If you run:

  mcd dir1 dir2 dir3
That function will run:

  mkdir "dir1" "dir2" "dir3" cd "dir1" "dir2" "dir3"
(Surrounding $@ with double quotes, puts quotes around each item instead of quotes around the whole string:

  command "directory1/sub directory" "directory2"

    $@ => directory1/sub directory directory2
  "$@" => "directory1/sub directory" "directory2"
  "$*" => "directory1/sub directory directory2"

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