We have many option to create a simple file in Terminal of Linux . The examples were working in Ubuntu and most other Linux distributions.
Cat
The cat command can be use to create and view simple files.
cat>simplefile.txt
I am a file
Ctrl+Z
Will create a file and can be viewed using cat simplefile.txt command.
gedit
gedit GUI text editor which can be also used to create file from terminal using
gedit myfile
Which will open the GUI editor
vi
Ubuntu also have the classic vi command which can be used to create and edit file from the console
vi filename
You can also get the help for each command using command –help
