How to create a file in Linux via terminal - touch command

Hello colleagues.

In today's article, we will talk about how you can create files in Linux using the touch console command .  The Linux touch command is used to create new files or to update the access and modification times of existing files.

The syntax for the touch command is:

touch [option] [file name or path to file]

When using the command, parameters are not required.

The main parameters of the touch command are:

• -a -- Change file access time without changing modification time
• -c -- Don't create a new file if it doesn't exist
• -m -- Change file modification time without changing access time
• -r -- Set access and modification times for a file based on another file
• -t -- Sets the access and modification time for the file at the given point in time in the format YYYYMMDDHHMM.SS

Simple examples of using the touch command.

Example 1: Creating a new file.

$. touch it-inzhener.txt

Example 2: Change file access and modification time:

$. touch -m it-inzhener.txt

Example 3: Set file access and modification time based on another file:

$. touch -r it-inzhener-new.txt it-inzhener.txt

Example 4: Set file access and modification time to a given point in time:

$. touch -t 202302011200.00 it-inzhener.txt

Thank you all, I hope my article was of some help to you.