# ensure directory by mkdir -p; to avoid later chowning pre-existing directories,
             # collect only what's returned by the command as actually newly created
             _CREATION_SUMMARY=$(mkdir -pv "${_DIRECTORY}")
-            _CREATED_PATHS=$(echo "${_CREATION_SUMMARY}" | sed -E "s/'\$//g" | sed -E "s/\$mkdir: created directory '//g")
+            _CREATED_PATHS=$(echo "${_CREATION_SUMMARY}" | sed -E "s/'\$//g" | sed -E "s/^mkdir: created directory '//g")
             _PATHS_WRITTEN="${_CREATED_PATHS}${_PATHS_WRITTEN}"
 
             # handle dirtree creation instruction files