Difference between revisions of "Touch (command)"

Latest revision as of 15:44, 23 August 2023

touch^[1] is a command used to update the access date and/or modification date of a computer file or directory or to create it.

touch file.txt
touch: cannot touch 'file.txt': Read-only file system

 touch
touch: missing file operand
Try 'touch --help' for more information.

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-<code>touch</code><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_(command)</ref> is a command used to update the access date and/or modification date of a computer file or directory or to create it.
+{{lowercase}}
+<code>touch</code><ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touch_(command)</ref> is a command used to update the access date and/or modification date of a computer [[file]] or directory or to create it.
+*<code>touch [[/etc/resolv.conf]]</code>
+*<code>touch: cannot touch '/etc/resolv.conf': No such file or directory</code>
+ touch file.txt
+ touch: cannot touch 'file.txt': [[Read-only file system]]
+* <code>[[mkdir -p]] "$(dirname "$1")" && [[touch]] "$1"</code>
+* <code>[[touch]] ~/[[.ssh]]/[[authorized_keys]]</code>
+*<code>touch [[.pg_service.conf]]</code>
+===missing file operand===
+  touch
+ touch: missing file operand
+ Try '[[touch --help]]' for more information.
-<pre>
- touch /etc/resolv.conf
- touch: cannot touch '/etc/resolv.conf': No such file or directory
-</pre>
 == Related commands ==
 * <code>[[truncate]]</code>
 * <code>[[fallocate]]</code>
-* <code>type nul > your_file.txt</code> ([[Windows]])
+* <code>[[type]] nul > [[authorized_key]]</code> ([[Windows]])
+* <code>[[rm]]</code>
+* <code>[[mkdir -p]]</code> or <code>[[mkdir --parents]]</code>
+* <code>[[install]] -D /dev/null /path/to/createfile.txt</code>
+* New-Item example.txt
 == See also ==