How do I automatically create multiple folders from terminal where folders have spaces in name

The syntax is standard Unix/Linux syntax. It is not specific to macOS.

Multiple directories at once would be

mkdir -p /path/to/first   /path/to/second   /path/to/third

If you want spaces in the name, then you quote the path string which can be "..." or '...' or a backslash before each space character

mkdir -p "/path/to first"  '/path/to second'   /path/to\ third\ or\ forth\ or\ fifth

You must escape the space with \ or have the name in quotes.

macos - How can I write space in Terminal on OS X? - Super User

Spaces in file and directory names - Mac OS X Hints (macworld.com)

What shell are you using and what is an example filename that you want to transform into a folder?

mkdir FILENAME | xargs mkdir

is nonsense. Drop the pipe symbol and xargs syntax.

I see you prefer to abuse the cat. 😎 It is not a good idea to create a folder with an extension in its name. You can strip the path (if present) and the extension from the filename like so:

# make a folder in the current folder from just the filename without any preceding path, or its extension
mkdir "$(basename filename.ext .ext)"



Have you tried...

testfolder\ #1