From db01a8d741a44e784639def603c8aed9483e2dc5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ponali <ponali2k@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2025 14:08:36 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] added the touch app

---
 halyde/apps/cat.lua          |  4 ++--
 halyde/apps/helpdb/touch.txt |  6 ++++++
 halyde/apps/touch.lua        | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 halyde/apps/helpdb/touch.txt
 create mode 100644 halyde/apps/touch.lua

diff --git a/halyde/apps/cat.lua b/halyde/apps/cat.lua
index 2b18745..5ac8b69 100644
--- a/halyde/apps/cat.lua
+++ b/halyde/apps/cat.lua
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-local files = {...}
+local files = { ... }
 local shell = require("shell")
 local fs = require("filesystem")
 if not files or not files[1] then
   shell.run("help cat")
   return
 end
-for _, file in ipairs(files) do 
+for _, file in ipairs(files) do
   if file:sub(1, 1) ~= "/" then
     file = fs.concat(shell.getWorkingDirectory(), file)
   end
diff --git a/halyde/apps/helpdb/touch.txt b/halyde/apps/helpdb/touch.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ab5804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/halyde/apps/helpdb/touch.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Usage: touch [FLAGS] [FILE]
+Creates a file with empty content.
+
+  FLAGS               Specifies extra options when executing the command.
+    -o, --overwrite   Allows emptying out a file if it already exists.
+  FILE                The path of the file to create.²
diff --git a/halyde/apps/touch.lua b/halyde/apps/touch.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acfece7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/halyde/apps/touch.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+local cliparse = require("cliparse")
+cliparse.config({
+  ["o"] = 0,
+  ["overwrite"] = 0,
+})
+local parsed = cliparse.parse(...)
+local file = parsed.args[1]
+local fs = require("filesystem")
+local shell = require("shell")
+
+if not file then
+  return shell.run("help touch")
+end
+
+if file:sub(1, 1) ~= "/" then
+  file = fs.concat(shell.getWorkingDirectory(), file)
+end
+
+if fs.exists(file) and not (parsed.flags.o or parsed.flags.overwrite) then
+  return print("\x1b[91mFile already exists.\n│  To empty file contents, use -o.")
+end
+
+local handle = fs.open(file, "w")
+handle:write("") -- just in case
+handle:close()