how to create a new file command
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Answer / googler
there are many ways to create new file , out of these two are.
1. create file and write simultanesly using
cat >> "file name" , this command will create file with name
" file name" and allowing you to enter text there itself.
2. create file now , and write in it later using
touch "file name" , this command simply create one file
named " file name" , but laert not prompt you to enter data
there
itself.
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Answer / v.balaviswanathan
$ cat > filename
to overwrite this we can use
$ cat >> filename
If we want to prevent accidental overwriting we use the command
$ set -o noclobber
and with
$ set +o noclobber
can be done to overwrite a file
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