BAT file - Create empty unicode encoded file

Question

I just want a BAT script that creates an empty text file in unicode format when ran. This is what I have so far

@echo off
echo.>"file.txt"
CMD /U /C Type file.txt >> unicode.txt

It works, but its messy as it creates two files. Any simpler way to do it?

Answer 1

what about directly

CMD /U /C echo.> unicode.txt

?