touch — change file timestamps
touch
[OPTION
...] FILE
...
Update the access and modification times of each FILE to the current time.
Mandatory arguments to long options are mandatory for short options too.
−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
STAMPuse [[CC]YY]MMDDhhmm[.ss] instead of current time
−−time
=WORD
change the specified time: WORD is access, atime, or
use: equivalent to −a
WORD is modify or mtime: equivalent to −m
−−help
display this help and exit
−−version
output version information and exit
Note that the −d
and
−t
options accept different
time−date formats.
If a FILE is −, touch standard output.
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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