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5.4.3 Create Files

Create Files

You can use cat to create flat text files. Type the cat > winter.txt command as shown in the screenshot below. Then type one or more lines, finishing each line with the enter key. After the last line, type and hold the Control (Ctrl) key and press d.

paul@debian8:~$ cat > winter.txt
It is very cold today!
paul@debian8:~$ cat winter.txt
It is very cold today!
paul@debian8:~$

The Ctrl d key combination will send an EOF (End of File) to the running process ending the cat command.