touch
NAME
touch - change file timestamps
SYNOPSIS
touch
[OPTION ]... FILE ...
touch
[-acm ] MMDDhhmm [YY ] FILE ... (obsolescent)
DESCRIPTION
Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.
-a
change only the access time
-c , --no-create
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
set time given by WORD: access atime use (same as -a )
modify mtime (same as -m )
--help
display this help and exit
--version
output version information and exit
Note that the three time-date formats recognized for the -d and -t options
and for the obsolescent argument are all different.
AUTHOR
Written by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon, David MacKenzie, and Randy Smith.
REPORTING BUGS
Report bugs to <bug-fileutils@gnu.org>.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
SEE ALSO
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