Re: [Help-bash] how to touch an executiable file

[Bob Proulx]

lina wrote:
> Eric Blake wrote:
> > lina wrote:
> > > is there one command can be used to be equal to
> > > touch a.sh
> > > chmod 755 a.sh
> >
> > No. But why do you think you need a single command?  What reason do you
> > have for wanting to do this atomically instead of in two parts?
>
> touch is the only command I know to create a new file, but right now
> I checked the "touch" function is mainly to change the time.
> 
> so I wonder are there some command to create a file which I don't
> know, or which can also set the character of a file.

It is better to have a rich toolbox of simple commands rather than a
cluttered toolbox of complex commands.

Create the file and then set the permissions just as you are doing.
That is the best way.

Bob