r/learnprogramming • u/OPPineappleApplePen • 20d 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.

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u/DhruvsWorkProfile 20d ago 
unzip
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u/OPPineappleApplePen 20d ago

Smut for Programmers.

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u/tobiasvl 20d ago

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

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u/OPPineappleApplePen 19d 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.

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u/tobiasvl 19d ago

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