TOUCH linux command manual

TOUCH(1)                      User Commands                        TOUCH(1)



NAME
       touch - change file timestamps

SYNOPSIS
       touch [OPTION]... FILE...

DESCRIPTION
       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 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 -d and -t options accept different time-date formats.

AUTHOR
       Written by Paul Rubin, Arnold Robbins, Jim Kingdon,  David  MacKenzie,
       and Randy Smith.

REPORTING BUGS
       Report bugs to .

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
       This  is  free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There
       is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICU-
       LAR PURPOSE.

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 coreutils touch

       should give you access to the complete manual.



touch (coreutils) 5.2.1            May 2004                          TOUCH(1)