Touching files in Windows

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In Unix you have the touch command which you can use to update a files timestamp. No such thing in Windows. But instead, apparently, one can do this:

REM Updates the timestamp of the file
copy /b filename.ext +,,

REM Creates a new empty file
echo $null >> filename.ext

If you need it more than seldom there are also some more tricks in the StackOverflow sources below.