The fastest way to create a file from a terminal
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This will save you five keypresses relative to touch filename
>filename
but is not the equivalent of touch
as it will truncate filename if it exists. The following does what you want
>>filename
but note that it is not equivalent to touch
either, as it does not update filename's modification timestamp.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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Radu Rădeanu over 1 year
What is the simplest way to create a file using a command-line? Usually I use:
touch filename
But is this the simplest/fastest way?
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azz over 10 yearsCould also add
alias t='touch'
to your.bashrc
:P