Differentiate touch and truncate

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Gregory Chamberlain 2020-08-09 13:30:02 +01:00
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``` ```
## Create an empty file ## Create or truncate a file
Alternative to `touch`. Alternative to `truncate -s0`.
```shell ```shell
:>file :>file
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>file >file
``` ```
## Create or update modification time of a file
Alternative to `touch`.
```shell
:>>file
# OR (shellcheck warns for this)
>>file
```
# FILE PATHS # FILE PATHS
## Get the directory name of a file path ## Get the directory name of a file path