How to create a new file in Powershell?

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new-item keyword creates a new file in the filesystem. The type of item new item creates depends on where the item is being created. Er enghraifft,, Gall eitem newydd hefyd yn creu registry agoriadau a chofnodion os cânt eu defnyddio yn y gofrestrfa.

Type the following command in to create a new file in the current path:

ni {filename.extension}

 

The above is the alias for the following command…

newydd-eitem {filename.extension}

 

enghraifft

ni fun.txt

 

Gellir paramedrau hefyd gael ei ddefnyddio gydag eitem newydd.

Mae'r canlynol yn creu ffeil yn y llwybr presennol gyda rhywfaint o gynnwys:

ni -n fun.txt -p . -it f -v 'this is some silly text'

 

In the above example we have added the -name, -path and -itemtype parameters with their default values. Omitting these will generate the same result.

ni fun.txt -v 'this is some silly text'

 

If you want to overwrite an existing file use the -force or -f parameter:

ni fun.txt -v 'this is some silly text' -f

 

Create multiple files in the current directory:

ni -it f -p 'file.txt', 'fun.txt'

 

Create multiple files in the c:/ root and things directory

ni -it f -p 'c:\file.txt', 'c:\things\fun.txt'

 

Creating Directories

You can create a new directory instead of mkdir or md by using the new item command and setting the item type as directory.

ni fun -it d

 

Create a new directory in the c root:

ni -n fun -it d -p c:\

 

Create multiple directories in the current path:

ni -it d -p 'fun', 'silly'

 

Creu cyfeirlyfrau lluosog yn y c:/ root and things directory

ni -it d -p 'c:\folder', 'c:\things\fun'

 

The following table shows the parameters and it’s alias

Parameter alias enghraifft Disgrifiad 
-name
 -n or no parameter 
ni fun.txt
 Specify the new item’s name 
-itemtype
 
-it
 -it d neu -it dir neu -it directory
-it f neu -it file		 Specify the type of item to create. Creates file by default. 
-force
 
-f
 
-f
 Overwrite existing file. 
-value
 
-v
 
-v 'Some file content...'
 Write content of file 
-path
 
-p
 
-p c:\
 Path of where the new item should be created

Some commands that is useful with the ni command:

ls – Get-ChildItem, lists files and directories of the current working directory. ee ls

gc – Get-Content, view the contents of a file eg. gc fun.txt

md – mkdir, make directory eg. md mynewdirectory

rm– Remove-Item, remove directory or file

 

Official Microsoft Docs