TOUCH (1)

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 ' " t

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