write texts in terminal with cat

[labbe5]

One way to write a short text in terminal, instead of using a proper text editor, such as Libre Office or Abiword, is :

$ or #cat> filename.txt
enter
write your text
then close it with :
ctrl + D
It will be saved in directory where you opened a terminal window.

[amigo]

You can also use 'echo' and with either echo or cat use shell redirection to append to a file. With newer bash you can even insert text at a certain point using 'read' (IIRC).