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In Linux, to write text to a file, use the > and >> redirection operators or the tee command.
How do you write to a file in Linux?
To create a new file, use the cat command followed by the redirection operator ( > ) and the name of the file you want to create. Press Enter , type the text and once you are done, press the CRTL+D to save the file. If a file named file1. txt is present, it will be overwritten.
How do you write inside a file?
There are two ways to write in a file.
- write() : Inserts the string str1 in a single line in the text file. File_object.write(str1)
- writelines() : For a list of string elements, each string is inserted in the text file. Used to insert multiple strings at a single time.
