New iPod, preexisting iTunes

I just got an iPod touch, but I'd like to put the iTunes library from my old iPod onto it. How do I connect the new iPod to my iTunes?

The same way you did the old one.
Open itunes.  Connect one end of the cable to the ipod, the other to your computer.
Select what you want
sync

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