how to create a new file command

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how to create a new file command..

Answer / nandhini

cat > filename

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how to create a new file command..

Answer / kushagra sharma

md command is new file create

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how to create a new file command..

Answer / kushagra sharma

md filename enter

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how to create a new file command..

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cat /dev/null > file

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how to create a new file command..

Answer / vinayakkatkar

nano filename

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how to create a new file command..

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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how to create a new file command..

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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