touch (create empty files) in Linux CLI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the command to create an empty file named 'example.txt'.

Linux CLI

[1] example.txt

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Arm

Btouch

Cmkdir

Dcat

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'mkdir' which creates directories, not files.

Using 'rm' which deletes files.

Using 'cat' which displays file contents.

The 'touch' command creates an empty file or updates the timestamp of an existing file.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the command to create two empty files named 'file1.txt' and 'file2.txt' at once.

Linux CLI

[1] file1.txt file2.txt

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Atouch

Bls

Ccp

Drm

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'rm' which deletes files.

Using 'cp' which copies files.

Using 'ls' which lists directory contents.

The 'touch' command can create multiple empty files by listing them after the command.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the command to create an empty file named 'notes.txt'.

Linux CLI

[1] notes.txt

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Atouch

Bmkdir

Crm -f

Decho

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'mkdir' which creates directories.

Using 'rm -f' which deletes files.

Using 'echo' which outputs text but does not create empty files.

Only 'touch' correctly creates an empty file; 'mkdir' creates directories, 'rm -f' deletes files, and 'echo' outputs text.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create an empty file named 'log.txt' in the 'logs' directory.

Linux CLI

[1] logs/[2]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Atouch

Bfile.txt

Clog.txt

Dmkdir

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'mkdir' instead of 'touch' to create a file.

Using wrong filename in the path.

Use 'touch' to create the file, and specify the filename 'log.txt' inside the 'logs' directory.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create empty files named 'a.txt' and 'c.txt' in the current directory.

Linux CLI

[1] [2] [3]

Drag options to blanks, or click blank then click option'

Atouch

Ba.txt

Cb.txt

Dc.txt

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using commands other than 'touch'.

Using incorrect filenames or missing files.

The 'touch' command followed by the filenames creates empty files. Here, 'a.txt' and 'c.txt' are chosen as blanks; 'b.txt' is an option but not used in correct_answer to ensure uniqueness.