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How do I make a text file in Bash?

All I want to do is write a script that makes a text file called "test" containing the text:

Code:

Hello World!

This is my stupid text file.

in the directory /foo/bar

I know it can be done easily... but I don't know how.

:newbie:

Solved. Thanks to Google, I remembered something very basic I had forgotten:

Code:

>>

le sigh. So the solution is this:

Code:

echo -e "Hello World!\nThis is my stupid text file." >> /foo/bar/test

There is also another way that works better especially if you need to add lots of lines of text, you can use the cat commad and run it through a script.

Code:

#!/bin/sh

cat > test << EOF

Hello World!

This is my stupid text file.



You

can also

have

a whole lot

more text and

lines

EOF

You can also point it to a directory that you want the file created in.

Code:

#!/bin/sh

cat > /home/billy/test << EOF

Hello World!

This is my stupid text file.



You

can also

have

a whole lot

more text and

lines

EOF