如何使用Groovy创建文本文件？

Question

I am trying to create a new text file using the below lines of Groovy code in Soap UI but I do not see the file is created

import java.io.File 
def newFile = new File("C:/Users/ramus/Documents/Jars/test.txt")

Could you please help me in understanding on what is wrong with the above lines of code?

Answer 1

new File(path) means create pointer to file or directory with selected path. Using this pointer you can do anything what you want create, read, append etc. If you wish to only create file on drive you can do:

def newFile = new File("C:/Users/ramus/Documents/Jars/test.txt")
newFile.createNewFile() 

Answer 2

Just an addition to the accepted answer--if you want to create a file with content, you can do this:

new File("C:/Users/ramus/Documents/Jars/test.txt").text = "Test text file content"

This particular feature is one of my favorite parts of groovy, you can even append to a file with +=

Answer 3

You can also use:

def newFile = new File("new.txt")
newFile.write("text to be added to the new file")

Answer 4

If you want to always make sure it's a new file, ie overwrite any existing file, you can use:

//...Create file... 

file.newWriter.withWriter { it << "some text" }