How to create empty text file from a batch file?

Question

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

Accepted Answer

```
echo. 2>EmptyFile.txt
```

This redirects output stream 2 (`stderr`) to a file. The command `echo` doesn't output anything to `stderr`, so the file becomes empty.

Plain `echo` would work too, but `echo.` is better because it doesn't print the useless and potentially confusing message `ECHO is on.`

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