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Gautham Vijayan
Gautham Vijayan

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Use "touch" command in windows 10.

Unix commands like touch will not work in windows system so people have gotten smart and have figured out a way to touch(create) a file in the terminal in windows.

There is a npm package called touch-cli which will allow us to use touch command.

Open up your terminal and paste the following code.

npm install touch-cli -g

We install the touch-cli globally so we can use it in any folder.

Now below we can see the touch-cli in action.

Screen Recording 2020-11-20 at 08.44.53.16 PM

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Oscar Ortiz

Did you know there’s a more efficient alternative to the touch command? It’s called touch-win, and it’s compatible with Windows, macOS, and Linux. Boost your productivity by creating files and directories quickly and easily!

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theorbitadmin

Thanks!

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Gautham Vijayan

Thanku you for reading my post!

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Sweedal Gharshi

Thanks...It helped alot!