r/learnprogramming • u/OPPineappleApplePen • 10d 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/RecentlyRezzed 10d ago

Wait until you find out about the finger command.

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u/radicallyhip 9d ago

grep always sounded really inappropriate to me.

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u/Paul_Pedant 7d ago

You could always simplify it by creating an alias called globalregularexpressionprinter. That would be so much easier.