In this article, we have explained Linux touch command with examples.
The touch command used to used to create, change and modify timestamps of a file. If a FILENAME does not exist, it is created as an empty file.
If we try to create file with existing file, then it clears the content of file and creates a new file.
Linux touch command Syntax:
touch
Touch command example:
1. Create file file1.txt
touch file1.txt
2. Create multiple files
touch file2.txt file3
3. Assign timestamp of file ‘file1’ to file ‘file3’
touch -r file1.txt file3
Use man touch to get options of touch command.