why is the touch command not recognized in ruby command prompt

Question

Just simply trying to make a file in ruby however it says that the touch command is not recognized, any ideas?screenshot of error

It's an OS thing (mostly). Do the instructions assume you're using macOS or Linux? — D-side, Dec 17 '20 at 21:30

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 17 '20 at 20:51

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Use FileUtils#touch from inside Ruby:

require 'fileutils'

FileUtils.touch 'bcc.rb'
#=> ["bcc.rb"]

answered Dec 17 '20 at 20:51

Todd A. Jacobs

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