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Development Tools Console Foundations Getting Started with the Console Moving and Deleting Files

Baishali Chetia
Baishali Chetia
1,149 Points

How to create a file on console?

For making folders we use the command "mkdir ". What command should be used to make a file of any type?

2 Answers

Jesus Mendoza
Jesus Mendoza
23,289 Points

Depends on what operating system you are using.

On linux or macOs it would be the touch command

touch file.txt

On windows it would be the echo command

echo.>file.txt

You can also create files with the nano just type:

nano nameOfTheNewFile.txt

^0 And save :)