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NAME

touch - make an empty file

SYNOPSIS

touch file ...

DESCRIPTION

Makes an empty file where you may write one — /tmp for anybody, and ~ for whoever owns it. On a file that already exists it does nothing, since nothing here keeps a timestamp to update.

EXAMPLES

touch /tmp/notes.txt

SEE ALSO

echo(1), cp(1), rm(1), sh(1)

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