Linux Creating Files

now into our previous video we have seen

how we can list a file and directory and

we have also seen without the columns

and details of files are there now here

in this particular video we are going to

see how we can create our own file and

which command we can use for creating

the firm so basically you have two

different commands very first cat come

on so cat command you can use if you

want to add some data into the file on

the time of creation the file itself so

cat command can be used cat space of

file name and automatically it will

prompt you through the next slide and

you can add the data into it and you can

store the file so for storing the file

you need to press control D key and you

can save your file which we are going to

see later same way you have patch file

or touch commands so touch commands

generally used for creating a blank or

empty file when you can add the data

into the file later on so this both

commands are used for creating the file

let us see how we can use it into the

tunnel so here I am going to create a

fur so as such we can see here we do not

have any file into this particular

directory that is a home directory of

your trainer user now I want to add a

file so first I'm going to add a file

with some content so if I want to create

a file I can give cat come on along with

the single redirection sign and here

I'll define the file name for example I

have to find a file name as five and one

a gentle add some text of it the cat

file command is to add data in the file

okay so I've added some line and now I

want to save the file so you can see

well I have defined the cat and greater

than sign and file name so it first

added me asked me to add our line so

I've already added a line and now I want

to save the file

so for saving of

I'll give ctrl + D so once you have done

with that it will save your file let us

check the file has been created or not

can you see the file is created can also

lose the file and check whether we have

created on same day or not so this is a

time at which I have created my file on

this date and this is the time of

creation and the permissions who has

created a file there is a trainer the

group is again neutrino created a file

file1 so this is the way you can use a

cat command to create a file same way

you can also use a touch command so I'm

just going to clear this terminal and

now we'll be giving the touch command to

create empty file so I'm going to define

file - and just hit enter now can you

see that a friends it is not asking me

for adding the text here or we do not

have to press anything to save the file

and spite the file has been created

correct so you can see if all two is

again created by the trainer itself

right at this particular time but I

haven't added anything into the file so

these are the two matters you can use

for creating a file if you want an empty

file use the touch command if you want

to create a file by you adding the data

simultaneously into it you can go for

the cat command so in the next video we

are going to see more about managing

your files