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Name

touch - change file timestamps

Synopsis

touch [OPTION]... FILE...

Description

or
: ../src/touch [-acm] MMDDhhmm[YY] FILE... (obsolescent)
Update
the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.
-a
change only the access time
-c
do not create any files
-d, --date=STRING
parse STRING and use it instead of current time
-f
(ignored)
-m
change only the modification time
-r, --reference=FILE
use this file's times instead of current time
-t
STAMP use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time
--time=WORD
access -a, atime -a, mtime -m, modify -m, use -a
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit

STAMP may be used without -t if none of -drt, nor --, are used. Note that the three time-date formats recognized for the -d and -t options and for the obsolescent argument are all different.

Reporting Bugs

Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.

See Also

The full documentation for touch is maintained as a Texinfo manual. If the info and touch programs are properly installed at your site, the command
info touch

should give you access to the complete manual.


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