10 Sep
2018
10 Sep
'18
9:06 a.m.
On Mon, Sep 10, 2018 at 01:36:19PM +1200, Peter Reutemann wrote:
'Touch command in Linux is used for changing file timestamps however one of the most common usages of touch command includes creating a new empty file.
With the touch command, you can change access, modify and change time of files and folders in Linux. You can update the timestamps or modify them to a date in the past.'
-- source: https://linuxhandbook.com/touch-command/
To be honest, I only ever use it to create an empty file...
It's also useful for tricking make into thinking some file is newer when it is not! Cheers Michael.