Different ways to create a file in Linux ?
Today we will look at a very basic article to know various ways to create a file in linux.
Lets see the various commands below.
1. Touch command
[root@ngelinux ]# touch file1.txt [root@ngelinux ]# ls -l file1.txt -rw-r--r--. 1 root root 0 Apr 4 14:12 file1.txt [root@ngelinux ]# date Thu Apr 4 14:12:44 EDT 2019 [root@ngelinux ]#
2. Cat command
[root@ngelinux ]# cat > file2.txt Welcome to NGELinux.com. This is sample file2.txt ^C [root@ngelinux ]# cat file2.txt Welcome to NGELinux.com. This is sample file2.txt [root@ngelinux ]#
3. Echo command
[root@ngelinux ]# echo "Welcome to NGELinux.com. This is sample file3.txt created by echo command" > file3.txt [root@ngelinux ]# cat file3.txt Welcome to NGELinux.com. This is sample file3.txt created by echo command [root@ngelinux ]#
4. Printf command
[root@ngelinux ]# printf "file4.txt created by printf command" >> file4.txt [root@ngelinux ]# cat file4.txt file4.txt created by printf command[root@ngelinux ]#
5. Nano text editor
[root@ngelinux ]# nano file5.txt [root@ngelinux ]# cat file5.txt This is file5.txt created using nano editor [root@ngelinux ]# Press Ctrl+O, then return and then Ctrl+X to save and exit from nano editor.
6. Vi or VIM(Vi IMproved) text editor
[root@ngelinux ]# vi file6.txt [root@ngelinux ]# cat file6.txt File created using VI [root@ngelinux ]#
Press i to enter into insert mode and write.
Press “:wq” to write and quit from the editor.