'touch' is not recognized as an internal o

Question

I work with laravel 5 , when i type in windows cmd this command "touch storage\database.sqlite" this error message rise 'touch' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file. any hint to solve it ?

Answer 1

, used with copy to indicate missing parameters. This updates the files modified date. E.G. copy /b file1,,

Answer 2

The command you're trying to run is a unix/linux based command so it won't work in Windows.

All it does is update the modified timestamps of a file.

There's another question on here that gives you an alternative for Windows: https://superuser.com/questions/10426/windows-equivalent-of-the-linux-command-touch/764716

Answer 3

You can just use echo> in windows cmd i.epath/file.sqlite

Answer 4

If you are trying to use TypeScript in ReactNative first run:

npm install touch-cli -g

and then you can use touch, example:

touch rn-cli.config.js

Answer 5

If you are on windows device just install git bash and type the following command

touch test.html.

The above command will generate a zero kilobyte test.html file for you in your specified directory. It is applicable to any other type of file.

Answer 6

Fixed after running this command:

npm install touch-cli -g

After that I can run this:

touch .babelrc