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 …

Sep 26, 2008 · For testing purposes I have to generate a file of a certain size (to test an upload limit). What is a command to create a file of a certain size on Linux?

An easy way to replace the touch command on a windows command line like cmd would be: type nul > your_file.txt This will create 0 bytes in the your_file.txt file. This would also be a good …

Oct 5, 2016 · 39 If mkdir creates a new directory, what creates a new file? for example "something.text". I tried couple of commands mkdir (FileName) -- works fine. But I didn't know …

Mar 29, 2021 · I need to create a text file (unless it already exists) and write a new line to the file all using bash. I'm sure it's simple, but could anyone explain this to me?

Nov 3, 2008 · How can I quickly create a large file on a Linux (Red Hat Linux) system? dd will do the job, but reading from /dev/zero and writing to the drive can take a long time when you need …

Jun 26, 2014 · 7 Typically one uses tar to create an uncompressed archive and either gzip or bzip2 to compress that archive. The corresponding gunzip and bunzip2 commands can be …

Closed 10 years ago. When copying a file using cp to a folder that may or may not exist, how do I get cp to create the folder if necessary? Here is what I have tried:

Mar 25, 2015 · I use Linux and would prefer not having to create a pom.xml file but if there isn't another way, then I'll use the xml file to generate the war file. Edit: So jar is the way to go to …

Nov 7, 2016 · I want to create a symbolic link in Linux. I have written this Bash command where the first path is the folder I want to link, and the second path is the compiled source. ln -s …