{"id":40230,"date":"2021-07-26T15:23:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T15:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=40230"},"modified":"2021-07-26T15:23:44","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T15:23:44","slug":"ive-got-an-even-simpler-explanation-chencravat-its-the-gui-analog-to-the-old-nix-standby-touch-why-would-you-want-to-create-an-empty-file-because-sometimes-you-need-a-placeholder-or-recipie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=40230","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve got an even simpler explanation, @ChenCravat: it&#8217;s the GUI analog to the old *nix standby `touch` Why would you want to create an empty file? Because sometimes you need a placeholder or recipient for another task\/process \ud83d\ude42 https:\/\/t.co\/laPrRPqFQY https:\/\/t.co\/fOYyp81OUk"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I&#8217;ve got an even simpler explanation, @ChenCravat: it&#8217;s the GUI analog to the old *nix standby `touch`<\/p>\n<p>Why would you want to create an empty file? Because sometimes you need a placeholder or recipient for another task\/process \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/t.co\/laPrRPqFQY https:\/\/t.co\/fOYyp81OUk<\/p>\n<p>  &mdash; Warren Myers \ud83d\udc27\ud83d\udc3f (@warrenmyers)<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenmyers\/status\/1419678655819698176\">Jul 26, 2021<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>\nfrom Twitter https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenmyers<\/p>\n<p>July 26, 2021 at 11:19AM<br \/>\nvia <a href=\"https:\/\/ifttt.com\/?ref=da&#038;site=wordpress\">IFTTT<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got an even simpler explanation, @ChenCravat: it&#8217;s the GUI analog to the old *nix standby `touch` Why would you want to create an empty file? Because sometimes you need a placeholder or recipient for another task\/process \ud83d\ude42 https:\/\/t.co\/laPrRPqFQY https:\/\/t.co\/fOYyp81OUk &mdash; Warren Myers \ud83d\udc27\ud83d\udc3f (@warrenmyers) Jul 26, 2021 from Twitter https:\/\/twitter.com\/warrenmyers July 26, 2021 at &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/merikebi.warrenmyers.com\/?p=40230\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I&#8217;ve got an even simpler explanation, @ChenCravat: it&#8217;s the GUI analog to the old *nix standby `touch` Why would you want to create an empty file? 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