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Touch a file in Linux (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by chraebsli@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 132 points 1 year ago (56 children)

Does anyone actually use touch for its intended purpose? Must be up there with cat.

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 95 points 1 year ago (6 children)

TIL it's actually for changing timestamps.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 76 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Wtf. All these years I thought 'touch' was reference to Michelangelo's Creation of Adam.

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 44 points 1 year ago

That's beautiful, bro 🥲

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