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Enter a command. For example: thunar, authconfig, trace cmd.

mknod

Create block or character device special files. More information: https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/mknod.

• Create a block device:
   
  sudo mknod {{path/to/device_file}} b {{major_device_number}} {{minor_device_number}}
   
• Create a character device:
   
  sudo mknod {{path/to/device_file}} c {{major_device_number}} {{minor_device_number}}
   
• Create a FIFO (queue) device:
   
  sudo mknod {{path/to/device_file}} p
   
• Create a device file with default SELinux security context:
   
  sudo mknod -Z {{path/to/device_file}} {{type}} {{major_device_number}} {{minor_device_number}}