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Use of touch command

  1. Create a directory

  2. Create an empty file

  3. Modify the timestamp of a file

  4. Change the owner of a file
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Explanation

The 'touch' command creates an empty file if it doesn't exist. It also updates the access and modification timestamps of an existing file to the current time. It does not create directories or change file ownership - those use 'mkdir' and 'chown' respectively.

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