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BOFH	2008-04-14 , 15:00
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I normally use Touch.

root@Gir:~# touch --help
Usage: touch [OPTION]... FILE...
Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.

Code:

#touch ./newfile

If you wan to edit the file them us VI:

Code:

#touch ./newscript.sh

#vi ./newscript.sh

Last edited by BOFH; 2008-04-14 at 15:03.

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