Creates a new file at the specified location.
Inputs
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
File Path filePath | file | Required | — | — |
Initial Content initialContent | string | Optional | — | — |
Overwrite Existing overwriteExisting | boolean | Optional | false | — |
Create Missing Folders createMissingFolders | boolean | Optional | false | — |
Encoding encoding | enum | Optional | utf-8 | —utf-8utf-16asciilatin1 |
Output Variable outputVariable | variable | Optional | CreateResult | — |
Output
$outputVariableObjectObject describing the create result. Reference {CreateResult.filePath}, {CreateResult.sizeBytes}, {CreateResult.overwritten}, {CreateResult.success}, or {CreateResult} alone (resolves to the new file path).
successBooleanfilePathStringsizeBytesNumberoverwrittenBooleanpathString
Compatibility
WindowsLinuxAttendedUnattended
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