create a new text file in IBM i IFS directory

Question

How do you create a new text file in IBM i (as/400) Integrated File System (IFS) from green screen command line or maybe in ACS or Navigator tools?

I usually just copy an old file, but I realized I don't know create a new file using IBM i command. No F6=Create option in WRKLNK. Going through on line help was not productive.

  CPY OBJ('/home/myFile.txt') TOOBJ('/home/NEWUSER/MyNewFile.txt')

Answer 1

If you just want a text file, you can use EDTF to create an empty IFS file and open an editor against it. So:

EDTF 'test.txt'

will create a file named test.txt in the IFS in your home directory which is usually /home/<user name>.

Answer 2

Another alternative is to use the QSH command and run the touch shell command.

QSH CMD('touch /path/to/ifs/file.txt')

You can add the '-C nnnn' parameter if you want to set the CCSID of the file that is created.