[debbugs-tracker] bug#27942: closed (Bug regarding "touch" command)

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--- Begin Message --- Subject: Bug regarding "touch" command Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 11:05:53 +0530

" touch  - " is not working i.e., file named " - " is not being created using touch command in ubuntu flavours  , but working fine with linux flavours.

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> pavan kumar yalavarthi wrote:
> > " *touch  -* " is not working i.e., file named " - " is not being created
> > using *touch *command in* ubuntu* flavours  , but working fine with* linux *
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> It's not a bug. In coreutils, 'touch -' is documented to touch the standard 
> output file, not a file named '-'. The POSIX specification for 'touch' allows 
> either the coreutils behavior or the other behavior that you mentioned. If you 
> want to touch a file named '-', the command 'touch ./-' is a portable way to do it.
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