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

• 1 -to create an empty file
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• 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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• touch command is used to creäte two or more empty files
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• #touch file1 file2
  Touch command used multiple files
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• 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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• 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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• 1)touch command is used to create the empty file.
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