title: Learn Python the Hard Way: Exercise 46
body: <p>I am having trouble setting up my project skeleton because now the guide is asking me to use Linux only commands and I'm on Windows.  This entire guide up until this project has had no compatibility issues with Windows until a line of code in exercise 46.</p>
  
  <p>I was able to do this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ mkdir -p projects
  $ cd projects/
  $ mkdir skeleton
  $ cd skeleton
  $ mkdir bin NAME tests docs
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I was not able to do this:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$ touch NAME/__init__.py
  $ touch tests/__init__.py
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>('touch' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.)</p>
  
  <p>I understand this isn't even the hard part of this exercise but the author doesn't provide any words at all about 'touch' or that he is suddenly using Linux. </p>