TOUCH(1) manual page

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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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