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Try something like in this example<br />
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<pre><code id="code-20-36959752-1">#!/bin/bash
echo &quot;Testing&quot; &gt; &quot;$USER&quot;.txt</code></pre>
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Try something like in this example



#!/bin/bash
echo "Testing" > "$USER".txt

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I want a .sh script that will create a new file named &quot;me.txt&quot; and that new file should contain the username of the user who ran the script.
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I want a .sh script that will create a new file named "me.txt" and that new file should contain the username of the user who ran the script.

Linux: Create file with .sh script containing username

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