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Creating new file through Windows Powershell

I have googled for the below question, but could not find any answer. Can someone help me on this; What is the command to create a new file through Windows Powershell?

Solution

  • To create file using echo

    echo some-text  > filename.txt

    Example:

    C:\>echo This is a sample text file > sample.txt
C:\>type sample.txt
This is a sample text file
C:\>

    To create file using fsutil

    fsutil file createnew filename number_of_bytes

    Example:

    fsutil file createnew sample2.txt 2000
File C:\sample2.txt is created
C:\data>dir
01/23/2016  09:34 PM     2,000 sample2.txt
C:\data>

    Limitations

    Fsutil can be used only by administrators. For non-admin users it throws up below error.

    c:\>fsutil file /?

    The FSUTIL utility requires that you have administrative privileges. c:>

    Hope this helps!