Make File (touch)
Similar to mkdir, but with files.
Usage:
touch [FILENAME}
Examples
ls -l
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:21 dir1
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:21 dir2
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:33 dir3
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:35 dir4
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:35 dir5
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:35 dir6
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:35 dir7
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 26 12:21 file1
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 26 12:21 file2
Lets make file3
touch file3
ls -l
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:21 dir1
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:21 dir2
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:33 dir3
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:35 dir4
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:35 dir5
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:35 dir6
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:35 dir7
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 26 12:21 file1
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 26 12:21 file2
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 26 12:39 file3
![image](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F691d7de7-8074-4cdc-baaf-cc54cd1223c4%2F6b3a29b4-1391-4a16-b8d4-e9ce60c321d3%2FAnimation.gif?id=6a2d5659-c474-4add-a42d-9279ef92cd30&table=block)
Just like with mkdir, you can make multiple files by separating with a space.
touch file4 file5 file6 file7
ls -l
total 28
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:21 dir1
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:21 dir2
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:33 dir3
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:35 dir4
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:35 dir5
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:35 dir6
drwxr-xr-x 2 kali kali 4096 Aug 26 12:35 dir7
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 26 12:21 file1
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 26 12:21 file2
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 26 12:39 file3
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 26 12:41 file4
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 26 12:41 file5
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 26 12:41 file6
-rw-r--r-- 1 kali kali 0 Aug 26 12:41 file7
![image](https://www.notion.so/image/https%3A%2F%2Fprod-files-secure.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F691d7de7-8074-4cdc-baaf-cc54cd1223c4%2F212e940a-6f2e-4f3f-baa5-9ee32a447df3%2FAnimation.gif?id=601e4544-36c2-4a66-9151-19d1eec5c3a7&table=block)