Create file in Bash Terminal from Swift - swift

Question

I'm trying to use Swift to run a command in the (macOS) terminal. Specifically, to create an empty file. Here's what I have for running in a shell:
import Foundation
func shell(_ args: String...) ->Int32{
let task = Process()
task.launchPath = "/bin/bash"
task.arguments = args
task.launch()
task.waitUntilExit()
return task.terminationStatus
}
Note that I have tried /usr/bin/env/ for the launch path with no good result.
When I call shell("touch /path/to/new/file.txt") it returns an error like:
/bin/bash: touch /Users/my_home_dir/Desktop/file.txt: No such file or directory
127
If I change the launch path it gives a very verbose but unhelpful console message Which reminds me of Python typical output <'class 'demo' at 0x577e040ab4f'>
I've even tried running python in the terminal and creating a file with open().
I am open to any new ways to create files in Swift (which would be great), and any ways to do the above so that it actually works.
Thanks in advance 😉

Answer 1

Calling that command (/bin/bash touch ~/Desktop/touch.txt) directly in Terminal result in the same error.
/usr/bin/touch: cannot execute binary file
If you only want to call "touch" you can set the launch path to /usr/bin/touch and only pass ~/Desktop/touch.txt for the argument.
If you want to call general bash/shell commands you pass -c followed by the shell command joined as a string so that it corresponds to: /bin/bash -c "touch ~/Desktop/touch.txt".