create a text file using terminal and to add contents into it

gayatri_justin · 03-11-2013, 01:13 AM

i am new to linux and i want to create a text file using terminal and to add contents into it.
How can i achieve that??

gilead · 03-11-2013, 01:27 AM

You can create a new (or overwrite an existing) file with > For example:

Code:

echo Here is some text > test.txt

You can append to that file with >> For example:

Code:

echo Some more text >> test.txt

You can create a file and add several lines to it with the following syntax:

Code:

cat > another.file << "EOF"
Here is a line of text
Some more text
Even more text
EOF

Was that what you were looking for?

gayatri_justin · 03-11-2013, 01:36 AM

Thank you for the quick reply....

it helped me.