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Ruby program to create an empty file
Last Updated : December 15, 2025
Problem Solution
In this program, we will create an empty file using the File class. Then we will close created file object.
Program/Source Code
The source code to create an empty file is given below. The given program is compiled and executed on Windows 10 Operating System successfully.
# Ruby program to create an empty file
# Create a text file.
fobj = File.new("MyFile.txt", "w");
# Close file object
fobj.close();
puts "File created successfully";
Output
File created successfully
Explanation
In the above program, we created a file "MyFile.txt" by creating the object fobj of the File class. Then we used the close() method to close the opened file and printed the "File created successfully" message.
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