How to Create a File in CMD | ActiveDirectoryTools

You can use the following syntax in Command Prompt (CMD) to create a new file:

echo. > filename

In this example, it will create an empty file with the specified name in the current directory.

Alternatively, you can use the type nul command to create an empty file:

type nul > filename

The following example shows how to use this syntax in practice.

Example: Create a File in CMD

Suppose that we want to create a new file named test.txt in the following directory:

C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script

We can type the following command to create the file:

echo. > C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script\test.txt

Output: 👇️

!CMD - Create a file

We can see that the file test.txt has been created in C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script\.

Alternatively, we can use the type nul command:

type nul > C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script\test.txt

Output: 👇️

!CMD - Create a file using type nul

We can see that the file test.txt has been created in C:\Users\admin\Documents\cmd_script.

You can use the echo. or type nul command followed by the path and filename to create a new file in any directory on your system.

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