Touch a new file in a directory and all of its subdirectories

recursive_touch.sh

#!/bin/bash

# UPDATE: This is a waste of code. This script can
# be executed in a single line:
# find * -type d -exec touch '{}/.gitkeep' \;


# Execution takes two arguments:
#   1: Name of directory to traverse
#   2: Name of file to create in each subdirectory
#
# Example usage:
# $ bash recursive_touch.sh MyProject .gitkeep

SOURCE_DIR=$1
FILE=$2

recursive_touch() {
  for dir in *
  do
    if [ -d $dir ]
    then
      cd $dir; recursive_touch
    fi
    touch $FILE       
  done
}

cd $SOURCE_DIR; recursive_touch