title: Create a new empty file from linux command line with same permissions and ownership?
body: <p>I need to create a new empty file with the same permissions and ownership (group and user) as the source, kind of like how cp -p FILE1 FILE1.bak works but without actually copying the contents.</p>
  
  <p>I know I can empty out the contents later on, but that seems wasteful.</p>
  
  <p>I cant use a script - the solution must run from the command line directly.</p>