PowerShell/docs/touch.md

The touch.ps1 Script

This PowerShell script creates a new empty file.

Parameters

/Repos/PowerShell/scripts/touch.ps1 [[-filename] <String>] [<CommonParameters>]

-filename <String>
    Path and filename of the new file
    
    Required?                    false
    Position?                    1
    Default value                
    Accept pipeline input?       false
    Aliases                      
    Accept wildcard characters?  false

[<CommonParameters>]
    This script supports the common parameters: Verbose, Debug, ErrorAction, ErrorVariable, WarningAction, 
    WarningVariable, OutBuffer, PipelineVariable, and OutVariable.

Example

PS> ./touch.ps1 test.txt
✅ Created a new empty file called 'test.txt'.

Notes

Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0

Related Links

https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell

Script Content

<#
.SYNOPSIS
	Create an empty file
.DESCRIPTION
	This PowerShell script creates a new empty file.
.PARAMETER filename
	Path and filename of the new file
.EXAMPLE
	PS> ./touch.ps1 test.txt
	✅ Created a new empty file called 'test.txt'.
.LINK
	https://github.com/fleschutz/PowerShell
.NOTES
	Author: Markus Fleschutz | License: CC0
#>

param([string]$filename = "")

try {
	if ($filename -eq "") { $filename = Read-Host "Enter the filename" }
	"" | Out-File $filename -encoding ASCII
	"✅ Created a new empty file called '$filename'."
	exit 0 # success
} catch {
	"⚠️ Error: $($Error[0])"
	exit 1
}

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