How to Create a File in Shell Script
A shell script is a text file on the Linux and Unix operating systems that contains a sequence of commands that are meant to be executed in order. It is executed by the system shell. There are various system shells, including bash, tsch and c shell. The bash shell is one of the most widely used system shells on the Linux operating system. The "touch" command can be used within a shell script to create a file.
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Instructions
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Open a blank document in any text editor.
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Type line "#!/bin/bash" to start the shell script. You can change this line to reflect the shell you want to use.
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Type the line "touch filename.txt" to create a blank file named "filename.txt." You can replace "filename" with any descriptive file name.
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Type the line "ls -la" to print out the files in the directory.
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Save the shell script as "create_file.sh" and close the file.
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Open a terminal window.
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Type the command "chmod +x create_file.sh" to make the file executable.
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Type the "./create_file.sh" to execute the script. The script will create the file called "filename.txt" and print out a list of all the files in the directory along with the creation date of each file.
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