vim /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp

node default { file { "/tmp/puppettest1.txt": content => "hello,first puppet manifest"; } }
			

# puppetd --test --server puppet
info: Caching catalog for www.mydomain.com
info: Applying configuration version '1351280410'
notice: /Stage[main]//Node[default]/File[/tmp/puppettest1.txt]/ensure: defined content as '{md5}886609dedc5c8a0c58f3aa8d566175cc'
info: Creating state file /var/lib/puppet/state/state.yaml
notice: Finished catalog run in 0.06 seconds
			

# cat /tmp/puppettest1.txt
hello,first puppet manifest