How do I create an empty file, without line breaks?

Question

This is the command I am using in my batch file.

echo.>"E:\data\text.txt"

This successfully creates the text.txt file in the destination folder, but inside the text.txt file, a new line break is added by default.

How do I create an empty file without line breaks?

All lines Windows text files end with a Carriage Return and Line Feed pair, there is nothing wrong with that. In this particular case, it is being introduced by the `echo` command. If you don't want it, don't use `echo`, use ```CD.>"E:\data\text.txt"``` instead. — Compo, Aug 25 '22 at 10:57

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '22 at 12:48

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You can do this as follows:

type nul > E:\data\text.txt

The result will be a file, having file size zero (so not even an empty line).

answered Aug 25 '22 at 12:48

Dominique

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 25 '22 at 13:17

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cd.>"E:\data\text.txt" helped me. It just created an empty file without any line breaks

answered Aug 25 '22 at 13:17

swetha

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