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Powershell - Create Text File
Cmdlet
New-Item cmdlet is used to create a text file and Set-Content cmdlet to put content into it.
Step 1
In this example, we're creating a new text file named test.txt
Type the following command in PowerShell ISE Console
New-Item D:\temp\test\test.txt
You can see the test.txt created in D:\temp\test directory.
Step 2
In this example, we're adding content to test.txt.
Type the following command in PowerShell ISE Console
Set-Content D:\temp\test\test.txt 'Welcome to TutorialsPoint'
Step 3
In this example, we're reading content of test.txt.
get-Content D:\temp\test\test.txt
Output
You can see following output in PowerShell console.
Welcome to TutorialsPoint
powershell_files_io.htm
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