diff --git a/.bashrc b/.bashrc
index 10af2c02eb71b529e576a5298c0bcad46694cc47..904031301df7e68e2d8671698d7f54f3af44104a 100644
--- a/.bashrc
+++ b/.bashrc
@@ -183,6 +183,11 @@ bump () {
     git tag-version
 }
 
+toux () {
+    touch "$@"
+    chmod +x "$@"
+}
+
 match_ssl_pair () {
     if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]
     then