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+.\" DO NOT MODIFY THIS FILE! It was generated by help2man 1.48.5.
+.TH MKNOD "1" "August 2023" "GNU coreutils 9.4" "User Commands"
+.SH NAME
+mknod \- make block or character special files
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B mknod
+[\fI\,OPTION\/\fR]... \fI\,NAME TYPE \/\fR[\fI\,MAJOR MINOR\/\fR]
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.\" Add any additional description here
+.PP
+Create the special file NAME of the given TYPE.
+.PP
+Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
+.TP
+\fB\-m\fR, \fB\-\-mode\fR=\fI\,MODE\/\fR
+set file permission bits to MODE, not a=rw \- umask
+.TP
+\fB\-Z\fR
+set the SELinux security context to default type
+.TP
+\fB\-\-context\fR[=\fI\,CTX\/\fR]
+like \fB\-Z\fR, or if CTX is specified then set the SELinux
+or SMACK security context to CTX
+.TP
+\fB\-\-help\fR
+display this help and exit
+.TP
+\fB\-\-version\fR
+output version information and exit
+.PP
+Both MAJOR and MINOR must be specified when TYPE is b, c, or u, and they
+must be omitted when TYPE is p. If MAJOR or MINOR begins with 0x or 0X,
+it is interpreted as hexadecimal; otherwise, if it begins with 0, as octal;
+otherwise, as decimal. TYPE may be:
+.TP
+b
+create a block (buffered) special file
+.TP
+c, u
+create a character (unbuffered) special file
+.TP
+p
+create a FIFO
+.PP
+NOTE: your shell may have its own version of mknod, which usually supersedes
+the version described here. Please refer to your shell's documentation
+for details about the options it supports.
+.SH AUTHOR
+Written by David MacKenzie.
+.SH "REPORTING BUGS"
+GNU coreutils online help: <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/>
+.br
+Report any translation bugs to <https://translationproject.org/team/>
+.SH COPYRIGHT
+Copyright \(co 2023 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
+.br
+This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
+There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+\fBmknod\fP(2)
+.PP
+.br
+Full documentation <https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mknod>
+.br
+or available locally via: info \(aq(coreutils) mknod invocation\(aq