Often you want to create a text file. In my example, i will be creating a simple index.html file

1. Enter the cat command:
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cat > index.html


2. Type the following:
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Hello, I am creating index.html file


3. Now hit Control-D, to exit

4. Enter
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ls
to list the files in the current directory, you will see index.html in the list.

5. To display the contents of index.html, send this command:
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cat index.html

6. you should see something like this:
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Hello, I am creating index.html file