‘touch’ is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

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Consider that, You are using node.js just use npm with a view to install it on windows.

node.js npm:

C:\ npm install touch-cli-g

For doing this, it will install the command line interface for touch. So, you can use it the same as Unix.

Another way you can do this. Using

echo>

in windows cmd

path / file. Sqlite

This command is a unix/linux based command. Therefore, it doesn’t perform in windows. But it does update the modified timestamps of a file. If you are using with copy to imply missing parameters. Then this will updates the files modified date.

Example Given:

Copy / b file1 ,,

Command prompt: c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved
C:\users\sekar>cd desktop
C: \users\sekar\Desktop>cd react-test
C: \users\sekar\Desktop\react-test > type nul>webpack.config.js
C: \users\sekar\Desktop\react-test>

Example:

Type nul>test.html in windows CMD and another one method is

echo.>test.html

Both will be working. In case you are on windows device just install git bash. Then type the following command

touch test.html

After running this command it will generate a 0 Kilobyte test.html file for you in your specified directory. It is contextual to any other type of file. Read more