DOS – How To Create empty text file from a Batch file?

Scenario

Can somebody remember me what was the command to create an empty file in MSDOS using .BAT file?

Solution #1

echo. 2>EmptyFile.txt

copy NUL EmptyFile.txt

Solution #2

DOS has a few special files (devices, actually) that exist in every directory, NUL being the equivalent of UNIX's /dev/null: it's a magic file that's always empty and throws away anything you write to it. Here's a list of some others; CON is occasionally useful as well.

To avoid having any output at all, you can use:

copy /y NUL EmptyFile.txt >NUL

/y prevents copy from asking a question you can't see when output goes to NUL.

Solution #3

TYPE NUL > EmptyFile.txt

TYPE commad is usually used to view the content of a text/log files.

 Solution #4

fsutil file createnew file.cmd 0

The file system utility "fsutil" is a suite of command-line operations for displaying and managing certain file and drive properties.

NOTE: fsutil needs administrative privileges (especially on Windows Vista and Windows 7) to run properly and let you do file system tasks.

Solution #5

REM. > empty.file

REM stands for "remark", it is usually used to insert comments in batch file scripts.

Solution #6

You can use a TYPE command instead of COPY.

Try this:

TYPE File1.txt > File2.txt

Where File1.txt is empty.