Hi,
There are many ways to create text files on Linux. One of the simpler examples is using echo and the operator to write to a file:
echo "Sample text here." > sample.txt
The magic part is the redirect operator, >
which will add (redirect) the text displayed by echo
to a file in the same directory named sample.txt
.
There are also editors available on the command line, vim
and nano
are two popular ones:
nano sample.txt
You’d add your text then hit ctrl+x
to save and exit. More handy shortcuts at the bottom of the nano
screen.
Finally, you can edit text files locally on your computer then upload them using programs like sftp
, scp
or rsync
- anything that utilizes your Linux user and SSH authentication.
rsync -a sample.txt user@dropletip:/home/username
Hope this helps - if you need additional help please tell us a little more about what you are trying to do so we can give more specific advice!