I know there must be a way to do it, only my skills are not that sharp. 
Create multiple non .txt files in a single directory without involving editors (vim, emacs, etc)
command line
Create empty filesYou can simply touch a find to create it and you can combine it with bash range expansion to make this easier:touch somefile  # Will create a single file called `somefile`touch somefiles{01..10} # Will create 10 files called `somefile01` to `somefile10`touch some{bar,baz} # Will create a file called `somebar` and one called `somebaz`Creating files with contentYou can redirect output from a command into a file with bash redirection:echo some content > somefilels > somefileOr for longer fixed input you can use heredocs:cat <<EOF >somefilesome multilinefileEOF