shell touch in dired

shell touch in dired

[Gary Wessle]

Hi

can I touch "create" a file while in dired mode?
and how?

thanks

Re: shell touch in dired

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 28.10.2006 um 11:20 schrieb Gary Wessle:

> can I touch "create" a file while in dired mode?
> and how?

! touch RET

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Re: shell touch in dired

[Dieter Wilhelm]

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:

> Am 28.10.2006 um 11:20 schrieb Gary Wessle:
>
>> can I touch "create" a file while in dired mode?

touch without creation on a certain file is `T'

>> and how?
>
> ! touch RET

This doesn't work for my, you probably meant:

M-! touch FILE RET

from dired-x, am I wrong?

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Re: shell touch in dired

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 28.10.2006 um 12:57 schrieb Dieter Wilhelm:

> Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> writes:
>
>> Am 28.10.2006 um 11:20 schrieb Gary Wessle:
>>
>>> can I touch "create" a file while in dired mode?
>
> touch without creation on a certain file is `T'

That's new to me! I should read again the manual ...

>
>>> and how?
>>
>> ! touch RET
>
> This doesn't work for my, you probably meant:
>
> M-! touch FILE RET
>
> from dired-x, am I wrong?
>

Right! I forgot to think of the "create" part!

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