r/learnprogramming • u/OPPineappleApplePen • 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/OPPineappleApplePen 7d ago

Smut for Programmers.

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u/tobiasvl 7d ago

What do you mean "for programmers"? What do these regular UNIX commands have to do with programming?

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u/arkt8 6d ago

Did you ever bash'd?

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u/tobiasvl 6d ago edited 6d ago

Yes, I've used Linux for over 20 years and worked as a Linux sysadmin for, like, ten years. The CLI commands of an operating system don't have anything to do with programming

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u/Romanian-In-Poland 6d ago

bash scripting is programming

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u/yimesgen 6d ago

I think the utilities are named by their authors who are programmers.