How do you create a file in UNIX
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Answer / paramaguru
Touch command is used to create zero byte file.
Cat command is used to create file.
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Answer / naveen kumar
using cat and touch commands in $ prompt.
1. cat <file name> this command is only for creating one
file
2. touch <file names> touch command for creating more than
one file
ex: $touch f1 f2 f3 f4
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Answer / nilesh
Do by vi editor if u have the vi editor...
or set vi environment...
then type
vi <filename u want to have>
and enter...
...here's ur file got created in the present working
directory! :) :)...
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Answer / shiva ram prasad
there are many ways to create a file in unix like
1)cat
2)touch
3)vi
4)tee
for eg to create a file using cat is
$cat > filename
hi how r u
n hit ctrl+d to save n quit
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