Linux: Create New File/Dir

By Xah Lee. Date: .

Create a new file

touch fileName
Create a new file with empty content. If the file exists already, update its timestamp.

Create a new dir

mkdir newDirName
Create a new dir

Create a new file link

ln -s newPath existingPath
Create a new file that is a symbolic link (aka soft link) to another file.
(symbolic link is a file whose content is a file path to another file.)
ln newPath existingPath
Create a new file that is a hard link of a file.
(Hard link makes 2 files pointing to the same index in the file system (hard disk).)

Directory and Files

Linux Shell Basics

Directory and Files

Compress, Archive, Download

Text Processing

User, Group, File Perm

misc

Process, Job Control

Bash/Terminal

Linux Desktop