How to create a file in Linux from terminal window

Depending on what you want the file to contain:

• touch /path/to/file
• for an empty file
  somecommand > /path/to/file
• for a file containing the output of some command.
   eg: grep --help > randomtext.txt      echo "This is some text" > randomtext.txtnano /path/to/file
• or
  vi /path/to/file
• or
  any other editor emacs,gedit etcIt either opens the existing one for editing or creates & opens the empty file to enter, if it doesn't exist