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File Operations: touch - Create/Update Files

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You can create an empty file using the touch command:

touch apple

If the file already exists, it opens the file in write mode, and the timestamp of the file is updated.

This command works on Linux, macOS, WSL, and anywhere you have a UNIX environment

Lessons in this unit:

0: Introduction
1: mkdir - Make Directory
2: rmdir - Remove Directory
3: ▶︎ touch - Create/Update Files
4: cp - Copy Files
5: mv - Move/Rename Files
6: open - Open Files
7: ln - Create Links
8: chmod - Change File Permissions
9: chown - Change File Owner
10: umask - Set Default Permissions