Question 3.27: You want to quickly create a file with some text, or record ......

Use the > command to redirect output that would otherwise appear on the command line.

For example, to copy a directory listing into a file called myfiles.txt, do the following:

Discussion

You can use the > command on any Linux command that produces output, even if you are running, say, a Python program.

You can also use the opposite < command to redirect user input, although this is not nearly as useful as >.

See Also

To use > to join together a number of files, see Recipe 3.28.