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I need to create a blank file on my MAC OSX that has is totally empty. This file be a blank HTML file that will be inserted in my web site root directory.

Dmitry Grigoryev
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user320466
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Use the touch command:

touch /path/to/file.html
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  • Aside: this creates the file with the default permissions. @user320466, maybe you'd like a specific owner and specific permissions for the file in a web root directory; see chown, chgrp and chmod if applicable. – Arjan Sep 24 '19 at 10:54