| cat > file vs. touch file
With 'cat > file' you can actually type in the file's contents (then press ^d to finish). 'touch file' merely creates an empty file. (Not that I think 'cat > file' is much faster than 'vi file')
With 'cat > file' you can actually type in the file's contents (then press ^d to finish). 'touch file' merely creates an empty file. (Not that I think 'cat > file' is much faster than 'vi file')
Of course when having some text cat > file is just fine.
> file