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Touch a file in Linux (programming.dev)

submitted 8 months ago by chraebsli@programming.dev to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 95 points 8 months ago (1 children)

TIL it's actually for changing timestamps.

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 76 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] funkajunk@lemm.ee 44 points 8 months ago

That's beautiful, bro 🥲

[–] gandalf_der_12te@feddit.de 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

touché

[–] orphiebaby@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

That's not how you use "touché". Pet peeve of mine.

[–] BitsOfBeard@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

Touché!

[–] RustyShackleford@programming.dev 1 points 7 months ago

🇪🇳 🇬🇦🇷🇩🇪

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ʳᶦᵖᵒˢᵗᵉ...?