How can I input to a file directly from the terminal

Question

Other than bringing up a text editor, is there a way I can input text in a linux terminal directly to a file? (then enter a control code such as ctrl-c, to end the input)

I'm pretty sure there's a way to do this... I am SSH'd to a server with Docker, and running bash inside a container, so that I can test some stuff, I just want to be able to paste a small script in my terminal window, and have that output to a file inside the container's shell.

Thanks.

Solution 1

a useful use of cat: provide input on stdin

cat > filename
enter text
hit Ctrl-D to stop

or use a heredoc

cat > filename << END
enter text
provide the terminating word to stop
END

Solution 2

Use

cat > some_file

to write into the file some_file. End your input with Ctrl+D

Comments

[Tracker1]

Thanks, I knew there was something like this, couldn't for the life of me remember, and searching google was just about impossible to find this.