is there anyway to make this one command

touch ../logs/black.c ../logs/red.pdf ../logs/blue.txt

Have you tried what you typed? That is one command.

Or perhaps you mean something else. Please explain what you mean by "one command".

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i have typed this out and it works fine i was just wondering how come touch ../logs/black.c red.pdf blue.txt won't work

Because that second way you typed it means those last two files are in the same directory as you are typing from.

To expand on the above.

As per your other thread...
https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...pt-4175683478/

Could this be homework?

Without knowing what you are trying to accomplish or looking at your script it is difficult to say why it will not work. Do you understand what ../ means, file/directory permissions and current working directory?

That will "work", but red.pdf and blue.txt will be in your current directory, while black.c will be in the directory ../logs/. The difference is the path specification that precedes the filenames, none (same as ./) in the case of red.pdf and blue.txt.

You should read up on file paths and how the shell interprets things like ../ (parent directory), ./ (present directory, same as no path) and /.. (absolute path from filesystem root).

Follow the link in rtmistler's sig to his Bash Blog for some helpful tips. Also, explore wolledge.org, one of the best bash shell scripting guides around!

Here is an alternate syntax which will put all files in the same directory, see why that works>:

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In bash you can use brace expansion
In all shells you can change directory in a subshell