Create text file

org.openrewrite.text.CreateTextFile

Creates a new plain text file.

Recipe source

GitHub, Issue Tracker, Maven Central

• groupId: org.openrewrite

• artifactId: rewrite-core

• version: 8.24.0

Options

Type	Name	Description	Example
String	fileContents	Multiline text content for the file.	Some text.
String	relativeFileName	File path of new file.	foo/bar/baz.txt
Boolean	overwriteExisting	Optional. If there is an existing file, should it be overwritten.

Usage

This recipe has required configuration parameters. Recipes with required configuration parameters cannot be activated directly. To activate this recipe you must create a new recipe which fills in the required parameters. In your rewrite.yml create a new recipe with a unique name. For example: com.yourorg.CreateTextFileExample. Here's how you can define and customize such a recipe within your rewrite.yml:

rewrite.yml

---
type: specs.openrewrite.org/v1beta/recipe
name: com.yourorg.CreateTextFileExample
displayName: Create text file example
recipeList:
  - org.openrewrite.text.CreateTextFile:
      fileContents: Some text.
      relativeFileName: foo/bar/baz.txt

Now that com.yourorg.CreateTextFileExample has been defined activate it in your build file:

Gradle

1. Add the following to your build.gradle file:

build.gradle

plugins {
    id("org.openrewrite.rewrite") version("6.12.0")
}

rewrite {
    activeRecipe("com.yourorg.CreateTextFileExample")
}

repositories {
    mavenCentral()
}

2. Run gradle rewriteRun to run the recipe.

Maven

1. Add the following to your pom.xml file:

pom.xml

<project>
  <build>
    <plugins>
      <plugin>
        <groupId>org.openrewrite.maven</groupId>
        <artifactId>rewrite-maven-plugin</artifactId>
        <version>5.29.0</version>
        <configuration>
          <activeRecipes>
            <recipe>com.yourorg.CreateTextFileExample</recipe>
          </activeRecipes>
        </configuration>
      </plugin>
    </plugins>
  </build>
</project>

2. Run mvn rewrite:run to run the recipe.

Moderne CLI

You will need to have configured the Moderne CLI on your machine before you can run the following command.

shell

mod run . --recipe CreateTextFileExample

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Contributors

Scott Jungling, Jonathan Schnéider, Tim te Beek, Tyler Van Gorder, Adriano Machado