Single command to create a file and set its permission

Question

I am using the following 2 commands to create a 0B file and set its extn to 644

touch filename.ext
chmod 777 filename.txt

My question is that w

Answer 1

The only reason your files are not created with 666 permissions right off of the bat is the umask. So if you disable the umask:

umask 0

then when you touch the file it will end up with permissions 666 automatically. It would not be a good idea to make text files executable usually. Directories would end up with 777 permission with umask disabled.

chicks@freecandy /tmp $ umask
0022
chicks@freecandy /tmp $ touch x
chicks@freecandy /tmp $ mkdir xx

chicks@freecandy /tmp $ umask 0
chicks@freecandy /tmp $ touch y
chicks@freecandy /tmp $ mkdir yy

chicks@freecandy /tmp $ ls -ld x xx y yy                                                                                  
-rw-r--r-- 1 chicks chicks  484 Jan 24 14:37 x
drwxr-xr-x 2 chicks chicks 4096 Jan 24 14:37 xx
-rw-rw-rw- 1 chicks chicks    0 Jan 24 14:37 y
drwxrwxrwx 2 chicks chicks 4096 Jan 24 14:37 yy