Creating files

[Lauri]

> Hey mates,
> 
> Can anyone tell me of a method to create a file (empty, no extension) 
> from the shell? I usually use nano, vim or emacs and just save and empty 
> buffer, but is there some-other single line syntax to creating a file? 
> something like [ mkdir DirName] in creating directories
> 
> -- 
> Cheers,
>      A. Helmy
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$ touch filename

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Lauri