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Radu Rădeanu
Asked: 2013-09-23 21:07:43 +0800 CST

The fastest way to create a file from a terminal

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What is the simplest way to create a file using a command-line? Usually I use:

touch filename

But is this the simplest/fastest way?

command-line

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  1. Best Answer

    This will save you five keypresses relative to touch filename

    >filename

    but is not the equivalent of touch as it will truncate filename if it exists. The following does what you want

    >>filename

    but note that it is not equivalent to touch either, as it does not update filename's modification timestamp.

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