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Create a new folder and file using the mkdir and touch commands using the terminal in Linux
ID: 179
Category: Linux Terminal
Added: 16th of August 2020
Views: 3,187
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➔ Linux mv command, move files and folders using the terminalThe first question you might is ask is why you would want to create a new directory and file using the terminal when you can already do this through your file manager on Linux. If you are logged in to a remote Linux machine and don't have access to a remote desktop you can then create this using the terminal.
To create a new directory in Linux using the terminal we can use the mkdir command
mkdir sample_directory
After this we need to CD in to that sample_directory we created
cd sample_directory
To create a new file in Linux using the terminal we can use the touch command
touch sample_file.txt
To list the file in the directory we can use the dir or ls commands
ls
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