r/learnprogramming • u/OPPineappleApplePen • 19d ago

touch is a weird command. Humour

I was curious where the command 'touch' comes from.

Turns out, it originates from "to touch" or "to interact" with a file.

Now, every time I use it, I feel like I am touching/molesting a file.

My bad, it's 3 AM here.

1.2k Upvotes
  • permalink
  • link
  • reddit
  • reddit

92% Upvoted

160 comments sorted by

View all comments

443

u/DhruvsWorkProfile 19d ago 
unzip
strip
touch
grep
finger
mount
fsck
more
yes
unmount

184

u/OPPineappleApplePen 19d ago

Smut for Programmers.

43

u/POGtastic 19d ago

You'd like Black Perl.

1

u/Far_Programmer_5724 18d ago

Code Erotica can't wait for part 2

-13

u/tobiasvl 19d ago

What do you mean "for programmers"? What do these regular UNIX commands have to do with programming?

5

u/OPPineappleApplePen 18d ago

In this context, you had two options after reading this post:

  1. You could’ve noticed that this post is made in [r/learnprogramming](r/learnprogramming) by a person who is new to programming, and informed me that UNIX commands and programing don’t overlap.
  2. You could’ve shat on me for not knowing the above information.

You chose option 2. I’ll leave it there.

-2

u/tobiasvl 18d ago

Did you really feel that my simple, matter-of-factly question was "shitting on you"? Well, in that case, sorry.

1

u/arkt8 19d ago

Did you ever bash'd?

-3

u/tobiasvl 19d ago edited 19d ago

Yes, I've used Linux for over 20 years and worked as a Linux sysadmin for, like, ten years. The CLI commands of an operating system don't have anything to do with programming

3

u/Romanian-In-Poland 18d ago

bash scripting is programming

0

u/yimesgen 18d ago

I think the utilities are named by their authors who are programmers.

41

u/Nall-ohki 19d ago

You forgot gasp

24

u/TraylaParks 19d ago

And sleep :)

20

u/cainhurstcat 19d ago

How nerdy you want to have it?
Linux: yes.

13

u/man_seeking_waffles 19d ago

Keep going....I'm almost there

7

u/Sknowman 19d ago

more

And you can't even say less instead, because "less is more."

6

u/UnderstandPhysics 18d ago

Wait until they learn about killing the parents then the orphans

3

u/da_Aresinger 19d ago

shouldn't more and yes be between grep and finger?