touch - Update the access and modification times of each `FILE` to the current time.
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Description
Update the access and modification times of each `FILE` to the current time.
Name
touch - Update the access and modification times of each `FILE` to the current time.
Options
--help Print help information.
-a change only the access time
-t=STAMP
use [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of the current time
-d, --date=STRING
parse argument and use it instead of current time
-m change only the modification time
-c, --no-create
do not create any files
-h, --no-dereference
affect each symbolic link instead of any referenced file (only for systems that can change the
timestamps of a symlink)
-r, --reference=FILE
use this file's times instead of the current time
--time=WORD
change only the specified time: "access", "atime", or "use" are equivalent to -a; "modify" or
"mtime" are equivalent to -m
[possiblevalues: atime, mtime]
-V, --version
Print version
[files]
Synopsis
touch [--help] [-a ] [-t ] [-d|--date] [-m ] [-c|--no-create] [-h|--no-dereference] [-r|--reference]
[--time] [-V|--version] [files]
Version
v0.0.30
touch 0.0.30 touch(1)
