How to create a file in Linux from terminal window

Question

What's the easiest way to create a file in Linux terminal?

Answer 1

Use touch

touch filename

Answer 2

haha! it's easy! try this:

$ touch filename

Answer 3

touch filename

for permission denied error use sudo command as:

sudo touch filename

Answer 4

How to create a text file on Linux:

• Using touch to create a text file: $ touch NewFile.txt
• Using cat to create a new file: $ cat NewFile.txt
  The file is created, but it's empty and still waiting for the input from the user. You can type any text into the terminal, and once done CTRL-D will close it, or CTRL-C will escape you out.
• Simply using > to create a text file: $ > NewFile.txt
• Lastly, we can use any text editor name and then create the file, such as:
  nano MyNewFile vi MyNewFile NameOfTheEditor NewFileName

Answer 5

In case you guys are trying to create a new file, but it says: 'File does not exist', it's simply because you are also accessing a directory, which does not exist yet. You have to create all non existent directories first, using the mkdir /path/to/dir command.

Answer 6

I like the nano command-line editor (text):

nano filename