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Touch a file in Linux (programming.dev)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev
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[–] 96 points 2 years ago (1 child)

TIL it's actually for changing timestamps.

https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/touch.1.html

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  • [–] 76 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    touché

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