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touch - change file timestamps
touch [OPTION]... FILE...
- 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.
Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
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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