Is there any way to create a text file without using the terminal at all?
Ubuntu – ny way to create a simple txt file without opening the terminal
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You could use unoconv to transform the Calc sheet into csv. But unoconv seems to be quite instable, i didn't manage to get it working on a simple ods (calc) file.
A better choice is jodconverter. It's available in universe, so you can install it using apt. Jodconverter requires an instance of openoffice running and listening on port 8100.
To "manually" convert this sheet
from ods to csv:
$ soffice -headless -accept="socket,port=8100;urp;"
$ jodconverter Untitled1.ods Untitled1.csv
The resulting csv will look like this:
$ cat Untitled1.csv
"A","B","C","D"
34,68,23,3
34234,68468,34,1
3423,6846,34,34535
If you don't need the table structure but just the contents for indexing purposes, take a look at odt2txt. It seems to be able to handle ods files, too, but it won't preserve the table structure. It doesn't require q soffice process running. With the sheet shown above, you will receive the following output:
$ odt2txt Untitled1.ods
A
B
C
D
34
23
3
34234
3
34
1
3423
234
34
34535
xdg-open file.dvi
xdg-open will open any file with its default application. As a bonus, you can close the terminal without killing the application.
Since xdg-open is quite a long name, I put an alias for it in .bashrc:
alias open='xdg-open'
Best Answer
Ubuntu 16.04 and earlier:
Prior to 16.10, you can create blank text-files by simply right clicking on the desired location in Nautilus.
Ubuntu 16.10 and Later:
Later versions of Nautilus ("Files") removed this feature so you cannot create a blank text-file by just clicking anywhere. You need to use the "Templates" folder for this purpose.
To do this, first navigate to your templates directory:
Then open a Terminal in that folder (by right clicking > "Open in Terminal") and then type the following command in the terminal.
You can name this file anything you want. I personally prefer "Blank Document" because what it creates is essentially a blank document.
After this you should be able to create blank text-files anywhere you want (and are allowed to):
Note: You can use the Templates folder to do many other things like creating a particular image, etc. Anything you put there will appear in the "New Document" menu.