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(#M40156294) UNIX Programming question touch command in unix Keep an EYE

Why do we use touch command in UNIX?
[1] to create an empty file
[2] to rename a file
[3] both
[4] none

Asked In UNIX Rishikesh Agrawani (9 years ago)

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sameeksha  (9 years ago)

1 -to create an empty file

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Rishikesh Agrawani  (9 years ago)

touch command is used for creating an empty file.
The syntax for creating an empty file using touch command is as follows:
touch filename.extension
OR
touch filenaame

eg.
touch data.txt
touch new_file
touch printf_usage.C etc

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manoj kumar  (8 years ago)

touch command is used to creäte two or more empty files

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palla  (8 years ago)

#touch file1 file2
Touch command used multiple files

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Atul Tailor  (8 years ago)

4) NONE
touch is a standard Unix command-line interface program which is used to update the access date and / or modification date of a file or directory. In its default usage, it is the equivalent of creating or opening a file and saving it without any change to the file contents

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Prateek Srivastava  (7 years ago)

As per the options the answer is [1] to create an empty file
but "TOUCH" is not just to create a file, it is used to create, change and modify timestamps of a file.

Here is the link for it:-
https://www.tecmint.com/8-pratical-examples-of-linux-touch-command/

Also you can see manuals of TOUCH if on unix based system by typing

man touch

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nisarg nalawade  (5 years ago)

1)touch command is used to create the empty file.

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