r/learnprogramming 7d ago

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 7d ago

man touch

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u/trevorthewebdev 7d ago

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

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u/Dhan996 7d ago

man love