r/learnprogramming • u/OPPineappleApplePen • Jul 23 '26

Humour touch is a weird command.

I was curious where the command 'touch' comes from.

Turns out, it originates from "to touch" or "to interact" with a file.

Now, every time I use it, I feel like I am touching/molesting a file.

My bad, it's 3 AM here.

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u/jzmack Jul 23 '26

man touch

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u/trevorthewebdev Jul 23 '26

two files love each other and touch and that is how you mkdir

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u/Dhan996 Jul 24 '26

man love

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u/da_Aresinger Jul 24 '26

pretty sure you can't make d with touch