What is the quickest / easiest way to create a new file in the command line?

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I'm sure that there are many ways to do this (cat > foo.txt, vim, etc) a la https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/create-files-in-linux-unix-from-bash/ but I'm not advanced enough to understand if there's anything else that's being done by using these different commands to create my file (e.g., perhaps a file created in vim has different properties than one created with the cat command above).

Looking to maximize ease, speed and purity (no additional properties) of the file created. Thanks!

Thanks! Any reason for the `>` vs `touch`? I understand creating a file with the latter is simply a side effect of that command. Is the former the "official" create file command then? — zangiku, Apr 23 '17 at 13:53

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 22 '17 at 07:53

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Very easy is to use touch :

touch myfile

answered Apr 22 '17 at 07:53

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What is the quickest / easiest way to create a new file in the command line?

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