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@@ -10,3 +10,9 @@ echo 'Your name was stored in $name'
 
 # exercise: write a script that asks the user for a 
 # filename and create an empty file named after it
+
+echo "Enter a filename (parallel version):"
+read filename
+touch $filename
+echo "Your file $filename was successfully created in the parallel universe!"
+
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diff --git a/test.txt b/test.txt
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