CentOS Linux Server Guide

Centos Linux Files and Directories

Creating Files

There are 3 command you can create new files.

command Description

touch touch [option] [filename]
Example:

touch test.txt

cat cat [option] [filename] > filename
Note: Cat command is not really create new files but is to export one file's content to another file

Example:

cat A.txt > B.txt

This will export/output of A.txt's content to B.txt

echo echo [option] [strings] > filename
Note: echo will redirect [strings] input to a file . The > symbol is the redirect symbol

Example:

echo Welcome to CentOS > welome.txt

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