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If mkdir creates a new directory, what creates a new file? for example "something.text".
I tried couple of commands mkdir (FileName) -- works fine. But I didn't know how to create a new file inside a directory. I know that I can always go to my project folder then create my new file but I want to know how to do that using terminal to increase productivity.
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In the Terminal app on your Mac, invoke a command-line editor by typing the name of the editor, followed by a space and then the name of the file you want to open. If you want to create a new file, type the editor name, followed by a space and the pathname of the file.
The easiest way to create a new file in Linux is by using the touch command. The ls command lists the contents of the current directory. Since no other directory was specified, the touch command created the file in the current directory.
On Linux there are mutiple options
The typical used one is touch
touch bar.txt However you may also use echo if you want to create and write to the file right away
The following command tells to create bar.txt and put foo inside of it
echo foo > bar.txt You may also use >> which appends to an existing file
The following command puts bar at the end of bar.txt, in a other words, bar will display after foo inside bar.txt
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